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From: Andrew DeFaria <Andrew AT DeFaria DOT com>
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Subject: Re: installing cron on Win2K under cygwin
Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2002 21:39:47 -0700
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Leonard Jacobs wrote:

> Is there a simple document that explains how to get cron working as a 
> service under cygwin?
>
> I have been perusing the list archives and see a consistent set of 
> questions dealing with the trials and tribulations of using 
> cron/crontab but cannot locate the basic help and configuration files. 
> I am familiar with cron on linux, but this version is not particularly 
> straightforward.
>
> Can cron run as a conventional Win2K service?

I use the following:

#!/bin/bash
################################################################################
#
# File:         setup_cron
# Description:  This script sets up Cygwin's cron on the local machine
# Author:       Andrew AT DeFaria DOT com
# Created:      Mon Apr 15 21:37:48  2002
# Language:     Bash Shell
# Modifications:
#
# (c) Copyright 2002, Andrew AT DeFaria DOT com, all rights reserved
#
################################################################################
me=$(basename $0)
# Make sure that certain directories and files do not exist! This is to let
# cron create them, which appears to be the only way to get these created
# correctly!
if [ ! -d /var/cron ]; then
  rm -rf /var/cron
  rm -rf /var/run/cron.pid
  rm -rf /var/log/cron.log

  # Install cron service:
  cygrunsrv -I cron -p /usr/sbin/cron -a -D -d "Cygwin cron" -e \
            "MAILTO=$USER@<domain>.com" -e "CYGWIN=ntsec"
fi

# Start cron service
cygrunsrv -S cron




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