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Nelson Pereira wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I edited a users crontab, although I don’t understand why it's not
> executing...
> 
> The crontab has an entry to backup every hour, yet the cronjob does not
> seem to get called.
> 
> Can someone explain to me what im missing? 

Here's one thing:
 > Problem reports:       http://cygwin.com/problems.html

> Do I have to call it from the windows scheduler?

Certainly not.  Try executing something simple like:

* * * * * /bin/echo hello >/tmp/hi



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