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Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2002 12:03:30 -0500
To: "Jeff Utz" <jutz AT corp DOT untd DOT com>, cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
From: "Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)" <lhall AT rfk DOT com>
Subject: Re: Getting cron working properly
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At 11:25 AM 3/13/2002, Jeff Utz wrote:
>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?


Start with the documentation under /usr/doc.  There's some cron specific 
stuff.  Then review the mail list archives for cron.  There have been
lots of questions, issues, and answers.



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