Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com Message-ID: <422A1A2F.60001@streamprocessors.com> Date: Sat, 05 Mar 2005 12:44:31 -0800 From: Ravi Ram User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0 (Windows/20041206) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Cygwin List Subject: Re: cron and cygwin References: <4229FC68.9020108@streamprocessors.com> <6.2.0.14.0.20050305141337.02fa5030@pop.prospeed.net> In-Reply-To: <6.2.0.14.0.20050305141337.02fa5030@pop.prospeed.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-CLAMAV-Scanner: Scanned by ClamAV on SMTP X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.1-spi (2004-10-22) on dmz.spi.local X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-102.8 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,AWL, USER_IN_WHITELIST autolearn=ham version=3.0.1-spi Larry Hall wrote: >At 01:37 PM 3/5/2005, you wrote: > > >>I have setup cron services in cygwin and am trying to run a csh scriot using cron >>nad could not get it the script working. I can run the script as it is but when i >>launch it using cron it doesn't work. The script is in a samba share. >> >> >>crontab -e >>------------ >>13 10 * * * (/mnt/user/test/sw/cron.run | /usr/bin/email -s cron_test raviram@streamprocessors.com) >>Cron works if i remove the cron.run and use something like the one shown below >>13 10 * * * ( date | /usr/bin/email -s cron_test >>raviram@streamprocessors.com) >>I started cron as me using /bin/cron-config. I also tried using the >>cygrunserver -E -R and -I -S options. >>I mounted the /mnt/user partition using mount -X ... >> >>cron.run >>---------- >>#!/usr/bin/csh >>#(cd /cygdrive/u/p4_main/test/sw; make ncheck) >>(cd /mnt/user/test/sw; rm -f cron.test; /usr/bin/date; touch cron.test) >> >>I would appreciate any pointers, help. >> >> > > >Checked the recent archives? > > > > Ya i did. Couldn't find any pointers. Will check again --Ravi > > >-- >Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com >RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office >838 Washington Street (508) 893-9889 - FAX >Holliston, MA 01746 > > > -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/