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From: "Sanjay Goel" <sanjaygoel AT hotpop DOT com>
Subject: Re: cron in cygwin
Date: Thu, 8 May 2003 19:29:12 +0530
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I tried out
* * * * * /usr/bin/date >> /d/date.log 2>&1
but my date.log is not updating ...
the cron is still not working ..
as per post by a12 I also did

cygrunsrv -E cron
cygrunsrv -R cron
cygrunsrv -I cron -p /usr/sbin/cron -a -D -e "CYGWIN=tty ntsec" -f "Cygwin
cron"
cygrunsrv -S cron

but it still is not working

"Igor Pechtchanski" <pechtcha AT cs DOT nyu DOT edu> wrote in message
news:Pine DOT GSO DOT 4 DOT 44 DOT 0305080825130 DOT 3212-100000 AT slinky DOT cs DOT nyu DOT edu...
> Try "/d/test.sh >> /d/test.log" ;-)
> Igor
>
> On Thu, 8 May 2003, Sanjay Goel wrote:
>
> > Thanks a lot both of you ...
> > I have used cygrunsrv -I cron -p /usr/sbin/cron -a -D
> > and now cron is installed as a service in my win2k services .
> > I hope my cron jobs will run fine now ...
> > can u tell me how to test whether it works properly.
> > I wrote a script called test.sh containing "echo test" and wrote
> > */2 * * * * /d/test.sh
> > but nothing came on my screen
> > I have not installed ssmtp so cant check that in mail ...
> >
> > Thanks and Regards,
> > Sanjay
> > "Igor Pechtchanski" <pechtcha AT cs DOT nyu DOT edu> wrote in message
> > news:Pine DOT GSO DOT 4 DOT 44 DOT 0305071452260 DOT 3212-100000 AT slinky DOT cs DOT nyu DOT edu...
> > > On Wed, 7 May 2003, Bill C. Riemers wrote:
> > >
> > > > > This is *way* too complicated.  It's fine if you run other things
> > using
> > > > > sysvinit, but if all you want is cron, try the way described in
> > > > > /usr/doc/Cygwin/cron.README (you did read it, didn't you?  that
> > directory
> > > > > contains the necessary instructions specifically for the Cygwin
> > ports --
> > > > > see <http://cygwin.com/faq/faq.html#SEC28>).
> > > >
> > > > Yes, I did try the directions in the README, but they do not work.
> > > > "cygrunsrv" does not have -D option...
> > > >
> > > > cygrunsrv: unknown option -- D
> > >
> > > Bill, did you use the *exact* line from /usr/doc/Cygwin/cron.README?
> > >
> > > | Install as service like that:
> > > | cygrunsrv -I cron -p /usr/sbin/cron -a -D
> > >                                             ^^
> > > The "-a" is a cygrunsrv option.  It tells cygrunsrv to pass the "-D"
> > > option to cron.
> > >
> > > > > Regarding your "NOTE 1" below -- is it reproducible?  Could you
please
> > > > > post the output of "getfacl filename" before and after "chown
> > filename"?
> > > > > Perhaps Pierre or Corinna could comment on this?
> > > >
> > > > It reproduces 100% of the time.  I've tried it on several different
> > machines
> > > > as well..
> > > >
> > > > $ cd /etc
> > > > $ echo "hi" > foo.txt
> > > > $ chmod 600 foo.txt
> > > > $ getfacl foo.txt
> > > > # file: foo.txt
> > > > # owner: docbill
> > > > # group: None
> > > > user::rw-
> > > > group::---
> > > > mask:rwx
> > > > other:---
> > > >
> > > > $ chown SYSTEM foo.txt
> > > > $ getfacl foo.txt
> > > > # file: foo.txt
> > > > # owner: SYSTEM
> > > > # group: None
> > > > user::rw-
> > > > group::---
> > > > mask:rwx
> > > > other:---
> > >
> > > Looks fine to me.  What error do you get if you try "echo 'hi' >>
foo.txt"
> > > after that?  What if you try it from a SYSTEM-owned shell?
> > > Igor
>
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