Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com X-Injected-Via-Gmane: yes Path: not-for-mail From: "Jeff Utz" Newsgroups: gmane.os.cygwin Subject: Re: Scheduled processes Date: Wed, 6 Mar 2002 15:49:56 -0500 Lines: 43 Message-ID: References: <4 DOT 3 DOT 1 DOT 2 DOT 20020306151038 DOT 01d29ef8 AT pop DOT ma DOT ultranet DOT com> NNTP-Posting-Host: tow38-f2.nyc.juno.net X-Trace: quimby2.netfonds.no 1015448236 4161 64.136.7.202 (6 Mar 2002 20:57:16 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet AT quimby2 DOT netfonds DOT no NNTP-Posting-Date: 6 Mar 2002 20:57:16 GMT X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2479.0006 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2479.0006 "Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)" wrote in message news:4 DOT 3 DOT 1 DOT 2 DOT 20020306151038 DOT 01d29ef8 AT pop DOT ma DOT ultranet DOT com... > At 03:01 PM 3/6/2002, Jeff Utz wrote: > >I am running cygwin under WinNT and Win2000. Is there any way to call cygwin > >and start a particular process? > > > >What I wish to do is check out stuff from a cvs repository on a regular > >basis to update the directories on my computer. > Actually, I did not specify the question correctly. What I want to is have the cygwin start a specific process. I think all I need to do is start bash with the --rcfile and I can call my stuff from there. Thanks for you rapid response. Although it did not answer my question, it did get me going on the right path. Jeff > > > If you want to do this under Cygwin, look at the cron package. > > > > Larry Hall lhall AT rfk DOT com > RFK Partners, Inc. http://www.rfk.com > 838 Washington Street (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office > Holliston, MA 01746 (508) 893-9889 - FAX > > > -- > Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple > Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html > Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html > FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ > > -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/