X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org To: cygwin@cygwin.com From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Ren=E9_Berber?= Subject: Re: script Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2008 16:11:27 -0500 Lines: 32 Message-ID: References: <20080726221147.GA1752@linux.local> <20080727151058.GA3548@linux.local> <31DDB7BE4BF41D4888D41709C476B6570929B222@NIHCESMLBX5.nih.gov> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.16 (Windows/20080708) In-Reply-To: <31DDB7BE4BF41D4888D41709C476B6570929B222@NIHCESMLBX5.nih.gov> 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 Buchbinder, Barry (NIH/NIAID) [E] wrote: > r wrote on Sunday, July 27, 2008 11:11 AM: >> Saturday 26 July 2008, alle 19:36, Ren=E9 Berber wrote: >>> r wrote: >>> >>>> How can I execute a script at boot time ? >>>> it's a simple retrieving email script with 'getmail' [snip] >>> An easy way is to use cron, with 'crontab -e' add a line like this: >>> >>> @reboot /bin/startup_retrieve_mail.sh > /dev/null 2>&1 >>> >>> Make sure the script is executable, the redirection is optional and >>> perhaps shouldn't be used at the beginning in case there are error >>> or unexpected messages, once its working you can put that in. >=20 > Another way is to put a shortcut in Windows' Startup folder with the > following command line. >=20 > c:\cygwin\bin\sh -c /bin/startup_retrieve_mail.sh >=20 > This might be preferred by those who do not have any other reason to > run cron. Does a startup action run when you login or when Windows restarts? I think they are different things, the cron solution works when cron=20 starts (which could be at any time but the service starts with Windows),=20 your solution doesn't (unless I'm mistaken). --=20 Ren=E9 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/