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From: "Bill McCormick" <wpmccormick AT covad DOT net>
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Subject: RE: Using Cron?
Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2003 00:25:50 -0500
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Or even try ...

$man cron
$man crontab
$man 5 crontab

> -----Original Message-----
> From: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com [mailto:cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com]On Behalf
> Of Elfyn McBratney
> Sent: Monday, July 21, 2003 12:07 AM
> To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
> Cc: Linden Glen
> Subject: Re: Using Cron?
>
>
> On Mon, 21 Jul 2003, Elfyn McBratney wrote:
>
> > On Mon, 21 Jul 2003, Elfyn McBratney wrote:
> >
> > > On Mon, 21 Jul 2003, [iso-8859-1] Linden Glen wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hi all,
> > > >  
> > > > Is there anywhere I can get some detailed
> > > > documentation about using Cron? ie. examples,
> > > > explanations, etc.... better than crontab --help
> > > >  
> > > > Also, if I setup a Cron job, does it require that the
> > > > server be logged in? or does it run as a service?
> > > >  
> > > > Any help would be greatly appreciated.
> > >
> > > A search on google for "crontab howto" or "crontab tutorial"
> will give you the
> > > answer to your first question.
> >
> > And /usr/doc/cron*.README , of course.
>
> /usr/doc/Cygwin/cron.README
>
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