Mail Archives: cygwin/2005/07/27/18:28:40
Thanks!
-----Original Message-----
From: Igor Pechtchanski [mailto:pechtcha AT cs DOT nyu DOT edu]
Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2005 12:10 AM
To: Kevin Markle
Cc: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject: Re: Cron problems with cygwin...
Kevin,
<http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#PPIOSPE>. Thanks. I'm redirecting this reply
to the Cygwin mailing list, and setting Reply-To appropriately.
On Tue, 26 Jul 2005, Kevin Markle wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I was looking on the web for my windows 2003 cygwin cron prolems and
> it appears that you have a way to get this to work. If you can help me
> out on this I would appreciate it. Do I need to run cron-config before
> running this command? Are these 2 thing all that I need to do to get
> cron to work? I have been able to get the service to run but none of
> the items in the crontab file run?
>
> cygrunsrv -I cron -p /usr/sbin/cron -a -D -u svccron -w <passwd>
>
> Thanks!
> Kevin Markle
I don't have Windows 2003, and I haven't run cron in a while. However, I do
have some general comments about your problem:
First, please review and follow the Cygwin problem reporting guidelines at
<http://cygwin.com/problems.html>, particularly the part in bold that asks
you to attach the output of "cygcheck -svr" on your system.
Second, I'm not sure which "2 things" you are referring to. As far as I
recall, cron-config will actually install the cron service for you, so there
is no need for a separate "cygrunsrv -I" command. That script will even
offer to start the service, so you won't even need a "cygrunsrv -S"
command.
Third, please run the cron_diagnose.sh script and examine the results.
If it's a simple permission issue, that script should catch it.
Lastly, examine the logs (/var/log/cron.log and the Windows Event log) for
any signs of errors. Also check whether you are properly redirecting the
output in your crontab (if not, cron may be looking for a sendmail program).
HTH,
Igor
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