From: JoopvandeWege AT mail DOT mococo DOT nl (Joop van de Wege) Subject: Re: date in a backgrounf task ? 10 Dec 1997 01:46:50 -0800 Message-ID: References: <6jWduzp$pfB AT mike DOT franken DOT de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com On 09 Dec 1997 20:02:00 +0100 mh AT mike DOT franken DOT de (Michael Hirmke) wrote: > Hi *, > > I'm trying to use "date" in a batch file, which is called by an NT service > (Legato Networker save). Whenever the date command gets started, it sits > there doing nothing, leaving the batch file waiting forever. Only way to > get the batch running further is to kill date.exe from taskmanager. > > Any idea, what might cause this behaviour ? > If I start this batch from the command line, everything work as > expected. Looks like a rights problem to me. Programs started from services use the 'SYSTEM' account which doesn't have much rights. Looks like you need to create a special account and tell the service to use it. Open control-panel/services, find your service, select it, choose 'Startup' and change 'Logon as'. Another problem you could have is that 'date' is waiting for you to press enter, meaning your redirection is somehow wrong. Joop ---- Joop van de Wege Mobile Computing Consultants +31 (0) 318 553292 - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request AT cygnus DOT com" with one line of text: "help".