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Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2002 19:18:47 +0100
From: Corinna Vinschen <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject: Re: Cron v3.0.1-5 setup issue w/ Cygwin v1.3.6
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On Fri, Feb 01, 2002 at 11:21:21AM -0600, Craig Rees wrote:
>   * * * * * /usr/bin/date > $HOME/date.log
>   * * * * * echo "Hello from CRON" > /tmp/echo.log
> 
> 
> But always receive the following messages in the event viewer:
> 
> 1.   The description for Event ID ( 0 ) in Source ( /usr/sbin/cron )could 
> not be found. It contains the following insertion string(s): /usr/sbin/cron 
> : Win32 Process Id = 0xB1 : Cygwin Process Id = 0xB1 :(trendadm) CMD 
> (/usr/bin/date > $HOME/date.log).
> [...]

Did you try to redirect stderr as well?

	* * * * * /usr/bin/date > $HOME/date.log 2>&1

Corinna

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