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Date:	Wed, 29 Dec 2004 11:14:37 +0100
From:	Corinna Vinschen <corinna-cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
To:	cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject:	Re: cron.sh postinstall
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On Dec 28 10:38, Brian Ford wrote:
> Trivial note to maintainer:
> 
> Suggest mkdir -p for /var/cron/tabs to avoid cosmetic error message when
> the directory already exists:
> 
> + mkdir /var/cron/tabs
> mkdir: cannot create directory `/var/cron/tabs': File exists
> 
> You could then remove the mkdir -p of /var/cron for one less command ;-).
> 
> Did you really mean to leave the set -x in?

Erm... no, not really.  I've created a new cron.sh file like this:

  #!/bin/sh
  #set -x

  mkdir -p /etc/cron.d
  chmod -f 755 /etc/cron.d

  mkdir -p /var/cron/tabs
  chmod -f 1777 /var/cron /var/cron/tabs

but I will not release a new cron for this trivial change.


Thanks,
Corinna

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