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From: Andrew DeFaria <Andrew AT DeFaria DOT com>
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Subject: Re: Scheduled processes
Date: Wed, 06 Mar 2002 13:57:50 -0800
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Jeff Utz wrote:

> "Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)" <lhall AT rfk DOT com> 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.


That's one of the very things that cron is used for! Think of cron as 
the Task Scheduler for Unix ergo Cygwin.


> 
> I think all I need to do is start bash with the --rcfile <filename option>
> 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
>>
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