X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org To: cygwin@cygwin.com From: =?UTF-8?B?UmVuw6kgQmVyYmVy?= Subject: Re: cron 00.27 Date: Sat, 19 Jul 2008 21:15:44 -0500 Lines: 40 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 (Windows/20080421) In-Reply-To: X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: 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 r wrote: >>> I started cron ( with "cron-config" command, ( is it possible=20 >>> to configure it to start at win boot ? )) >> Cron-config did that. >=20 > so I did once and from next time it will be started at boot > time ? Because I did not find this information everywhere. Yes it will start at boot time (if and only if you answered yes when=20 cron-config asked you "Do you want to install the cron daemon as a=20 service?"), you can check it in many ways: - Running: cygrunsrv -Q cron - Opening My Computer -> Manage -> Services and Applications -> Services >>> but at 00.27 nothing appened. Did I make something wrong ? >> You didn't learn to use cron: >> >> man crontab >> >> less /usr/share/doc/Cygwin/cron-4.1-6.README >=20 > I read the documents in /usr/share/doc/cron/, the cron manpages=20 > but they did not specify those informations. > Now I read /usr/share/doc/Cygwin/cron-4.1-6.README and crontab > manpage but again they don't specify those informations. > You are right about reading documentation, and maybe I had to > look on the web, but I was told that cygwin apps are not exactly > the same as linux apps. So looking in linux apps docs may be unuseful. Cron under Cygwin is very close to the one usually distributed with=20 Linux. I think the man page has all the information you requested, even=20 some you didn't but should know to avoid mistakes like putting a file=20 under /var/cron/tabs; the top of the man page tells you that crontab is=20 the tool you should use, the alternative (inherited from Linux) is to=20 use /etc/cron.d/ . --=20 Ren=C3=A9 Berber -- 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/