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From: "Elfyn McBratney" <elfyn-cygwin AT exposure DOT org DOT uk>
To: "cygwin" <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>, "Wu Yongwei" <adah AT netstd DOT com>
References: <3E2F595B DOT 7050606 AT netstd DOT com>
Subject: Re: Cron Problems
Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2003 03:43:34 -0000
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> 2) How to start cron when starting the computer?  I tried running it as
> a service in cygrunsrv (cygrunsrv -I cron -p /usr/sbin/cron), but failed
> since starting the service always failed (cron : Win32 Process Id =
> 0x3F8 : Cygwin Process Id = 0x3F8 : starting service `cron' failed:
> execv: 0, No error.) but the process cron appeared.

Your problem is that your not passing the -D (Do not kill off parent
process; which allows cron to be used by the service manager) option. So you
need to append `-a -D' to your cygrunsrv line when installing cron.

Regards,

Elfyn McBratney
elfyn AT exposure DOT org DOT uk




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