X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=3.7 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,BOTNET X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-id: <0KYN004SUPWSFHF2@vms173013.mailsrvcs.net> Date: Tue, 02 Mar 2010 08:37:39 -0500 To: pmcferrin@columbus.rr.com, Cygwin From: "Pierre A. Humblet" Subject: Re: cron fails to run as a service In-reply-to: <4B8CBA93.3020007@columbus.rr.com> References: <4B8CBA93.3020007@columbus.rr.com> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed 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 At 02:13 AM 3/2/2010, Paul McFerrin wrote: >I've been using "cron" for more that a few weeks without any >problems, until my needs changed. I installed cron as a service >using "cygrunsrv". I keep getting errors about creating >lockfile. I removed the lockfile but it got created again. At >first, I got the Win32 error and ran the cron_diagnose.sh script and >got it further along but still nogo. Attached is a copy of >"cronbug.txt" as instructed. It is trying to start cron, but cron >fails to start as a service. It run perfectly when not a service/ > >One difference: the service control manager added a "-n" option to >my cron command that I did not specify. How can I turn off this feature?? Paul, The -n switch keeps cron in the foreground. This is advisable when cron runs under cygrunsrv. Some of your problems are due to launching a new cron daemon while an old one is still running. If you experiment with cron, you can view the cron log by using "cronevents" 2010/03/01 01:38:45 [Paul] /usr/sbin/cron: PID 368: (CRON) STARTUP (V5.0) 2010/03/01 01:47:26 [Paul] /usr/sbin/cron: PID 2508: (CRON) DEATH (can't lock /var/run/cron.pid, otherpid may be 368: Resource temporarily unavailable) I will think about your SIGHUP request when I have more time. How do other Cygwin services handle this? Pierre -- 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