X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=2.5 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_40,DKIM_ADSP_CUSTOM_MED,FORGED_YAHOO_RCVD,FREEMAIL_FROM,NML_ADSP_CUSTOM_MED,SPF_HELO_PASS,T_RP_MATCHES_RCVD,T_TO_NO_BRKTS_FREEMAIL X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <28833847.post@talk.nabble.com> Date: Wed, 9 Jun 2010 10:59:12 -0700 (PDT) From: curiousgeorge To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: crontab not working-need some advice MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-IsSubscribed: yes 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 Hi, I installed cygwin on windows server 2003 and am trying to learn about cron. I created a simple script as follows: #!/usr/bin/bash #move the file every 1 min echo 'date' >> datelog.txt mv datelog.txt outbound I then created a crontab using the command crontab -e as follows: # DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE - edit the master and reinstall. # (/tmp/crontab.3k4GtqrIIX installed on Sat Jun 5 14:51:33 2010) # (Cron version V5.0 -- $Id: crontab.c,v 1.12 2004/01/23 18:56:42 vixie Exp $) */1 * * * * /home/administrator/scripts/mvscript but nothing is happening. I was able to successfully run the script manually. But when trying to accomplish it through cron, nothing happens. I checked the services in start -->administrative tools-->services and I see cron Daemon running. I dont see anything in logs either. Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks, -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/crontab-not-working-need-some-advice-tp28833847p28833847.html Sent from the Cygwin list mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- 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