X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.5 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,SPF_HELO_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <4A5F5EDD.4080001@cygwin.com> Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2009 13:09:49 -0400 From: "Larry Hall (Cygwin)" Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.21) Gecko/20090320 Remi/2.0.0.21-1.fc8.remi Lightning/0.9 Thunderbird/2.0.0.21 Mnenhy/0.7.5.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Trouble creating crontab References: <87skgwy4rb.fsf@gmail.com> <4A5F5A73.1070708@cygwin.com> <87ocrky34v.fsf@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <87ocrky34v.fsf@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm List-Id: 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 Paul Mead wrote: > "Larry Hall (Cygwin)" writes: ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ . Spammers->Don't feed. Thanks. > >> Paul Mead wrote: >>> OK, now that I appear to have sorted my permissions out in general, I >>> still have a problem creating crontab. >>> >>> I run crontab -e and it fires up emacs (my editor of choice) but can't >>> create the crontab file becuase the temp version is unreadable. >>> >>> I also tried to open it using another editor by was denied access. >>> >>> Any thoughts anyone? >> Cygwin Emacs or something else? What does 'ls -l' on the crontab file >> show? It might be the right time to review the problem reporting guidelines >> and submit a full report: >> >>> Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html > No, NT Emacs. running ls -l throws up some very strange stuff: > > ??????????? ? ? ? ? crontab.37ESnC4Lrp > > odd.. Not necessarily. You should be more successful with a Cygwin-enabled editor, if you'd prefer not to track down the permission issues with NT Emacs and Cygwin. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 _____________________________________________________________________ A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email? -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple