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Date: Fri, 23 May 2003 13:40:23 -0400 (EDT)
From: Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha AT cs DOT nyu DOT edu>
Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
To: Chuck Hamilton <chuckh AT softhome DOT net>
cc: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject: Re: crontab error
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On <http://cygwin.com/>, bottom-left corner of the screen, look for
"snapshots".
	Igor

On Fri, 23 May 2003, Chuck Hamilton wrote:

> Sooo, how do I get "snapshots". I searched the package library and found
> nothing. I am using the most recent cywin DLL - version 1.3.22-1.
>
> $ uname -a
> CYGWIN_NT-5.0 QSD052234 1.3.22(0.78/3/2) 2003-03-18 09:20 i686 unknown
> unknown Cygwin
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Larry Hall" <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
> To: <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
> Cc: "Chuck Hamilton" <chuckh AT softhome DOT net>
> Sent: Friday, May 23, 2003 10:56 AM
> Subject: Re: crontab error
>
>
> > It would also answer the question of whether or not his Cygwin DLL
> > is out of date.  I would've sworn I posted this link to another like
> > query but I can't find it.  Anyway, during a recent psychic trance
> > <mystical music seeps into the background>, I've been able to devine
> > the problem and thus post this link as the answer:
> >
> > <http://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2002-06/msg01402.html>
> >
> > There.  Now we don't need the cygcheck output.  But boy do those
> > psychic trances take allot out of you!  Please don't make me do this
> > all the time.
> >
> > Larry
> >
> >
> > Igor Pechtchanski wrote:
> > > Chuck,
> > >
> > > Are your /etc/passwd and /etc/group files up to date?  The output of
> > > "cygcheck -svr" (*attached*, as per <http://cygwin.com/problems.html>)
> > > should show whether this is the case.
> > > Igor
> > >
> > > On Fri, 23 May 2003, Chuck Hamilton wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > >>Didn't even know I was addressing a mailing list. I posted originally to
> a
> > >>newsgroup. Anyway, here's the output.
> > >>
> > >>$ crontab -l
> > >>no crontab for isscha
> > >>
> > >>As I said in a previous post I haven't been able to create a crontab.
> When I
> > >>try I get a permissions error. See below.
> > >>
> > >>$ cat /tmp/crontab.1448
> > >>50 8 * * * ~isscha/bin/test.sh
> > >>
> > >>$ crontab /tmp/crontab.1448
> > >>chown: Invalid argument
> > >>$
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>----- Original Message -----
> > >>From: Harig, Mark A.
> > >>To: Chuck Hamilton
> > >>Cc: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
> > >>Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2003 3:43 PM
> > >>Subject: RE: crontab error
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>Please address all replies to cygwin AT cygwin DOT com.
> > >>
> > >>Please send to the mailing list the following as attachments:
> > >>
> > >>1. The output of 'crontab -l' ("ell", not "one")
> > >>
> > >>2. The output of 'cygcheck -srv > cygcheck.txt'
> > >>
> > >>This information will help readers of the mailing list to
> > >>diagnose the problem that you are having.
> > >>-----Original Message-----
> > >>From: Chuck Hamilton [mailto:chuckh AT softhome DOT net]
> > >>Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2003 3:13 PM
> > >>To: Harig, Mark
> > >>Subject: Re: crontab error
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>Here's what I get...
> > >>
> > >>Your computer does not appear to have a crontab for isscha.
> > >>Please generate a crontab for isscha using 'crontab -e',
> > >>and run this script again.
> > >>
> > >>So I again try to generate a crontab with just a comment line in it and
> get
> > >>this...
> > >>
> > >>$ crontab -e
> > >>crontab: installing new crontab
> > >>chown: Invalid argument
> > >>crontab: edits left in /tmp/crontab.1660
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>----- Original Message -----
> > >>From: "Harig, Mark A." <maharig AT idirect DOT net>
> > >>To: "Chuck" <chuckh AT softhome DOT net>; <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
> > >>Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2003 12:06 PM
> > >>Subject: RE: crontab error
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>Please run the attached script.
> > >>It will check some file permissions
> > >>and other details that need to be
> > >>set up properly in order for cron to
> > >>work.  It does NOT change anything
> > >>on your computer, but only diagnoses.
> > >>You may need to run it several times
> > >>until it completes successfully (it
> > >>will stop any time it finds a problem
> > >>and report to you what problem needs
> > >>to be corrected).
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>>-----Original Message-----
> > >>>From: Chuck [mailto:chuckh AT softhome DOT net]
> > >>>Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2003 9:27 AM
> > >>>To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
> > >>>Subject: crontab error
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>I need a little help getting cron to work. My apologies if
> > >>>this is answered
> > >>>somewhere else but I haven't been able to find it.
> > >>>
> > >>>I've installed cron as a win2k service using "cygrunsrv -I cron -p
> > >>>/usr/sbin/cron -a -D -d "Cygwin cron" -e "CYGWIN=tty ntsec" "
> > >>>as suggested
> > >>>in another post. When I try to start the service I get "Could
> > >>>not start the
> > >>>cygwin cron service on local computer. The service did not
> > >>>return an error.
> > >>>This could be an internal Windows error or an internal service error."
> > >>>
> > >>>When I try to create a crontab file with "crontab -e" and
> > >>>save it I get the
> > >>>following error "chown: Invalid argument".
> > >>>
> > >>>What do I need to do to fix these?

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