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From: "Jeff Utz" <jutz AT corp DOT untd DOT com>
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Subject: Getting cron working properly
Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2002 11:25:24 -0500
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How do I get cron working properly. I have installed the service with the
command:

cygrunsrv -I cron -p /usr/sbin/cron -a -D

And I have edited the /var/cron/tabs/USERNAME using the crontabs -e option.

But my processes are not started at all.

Any ideas?

Thanks.

Jeff





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