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Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2003 11:55:44 -0400 (EDT)
From: Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha AT cs DOT nyu DOT edu>
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To: Chunyu Liu <cliu AT yoda DOT bsd DOT uchicago DOT edu>
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Subject: Re: problem of cron in cygwin xp
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Chunyu,

Does the Windows event log contain any clues?

Cron from the command line wouldn't start a service -- it'll start the
application itself...  Which should be enough to ascertain whether your
crontab works.

The instructions for getting a system-owned shell can easily be found by
searching Google for "system-owned shell cygwin".
	Igor

On Tue, 30 Sep 2003, Chunyu Liu wrote:

> Igor,
>
> Thank you for the help.
>
> I tried to follow your instruction, but no luck to get it work.
> 1. cron_diagnosis.sh does not find any problem.
> 2. the cygcheck is attached.
> 3. The only error message I got is:
>
> $ cygrunsrv --start cron
> cygrunsrv: Error starting a service: QueryServiceStatus:  Win32 error 1062:
> The service has not been started.
>
> 4. cron.log is fine.
>
> [1732] cron started
> [1652] cron started
> [1920] cron started
> [3668] cron started
> [264] cron started
> [3668] cron started
> [2284] cron started
>
> 5. cron from the command line  looks fine, does not report any error,
> but does not start the service either.
>
> 6. How to get the SYSTEM-owned shell?
>
> I've spent hours trying to find the answer to all the problems in the
> sea of questions & answers, and can't make it.
> It's really a headache.
>
> Chunyu
>
>
>
> Igor Pechtchanski wrote:
>
> >Chunyu,
> >
> >Please do not send Cygwin questions in personal mail unless specifically
> >requested.  All discussion of cygwin-related topics should happen on the
> >Cygwin list unless specifically requested otherwise.  One of the benefits
> >is that the discussion ends up in the list archives.  Another is that you
> >have access to the expertise of many people instead of just one.
> >
> >For your convenience, I'm redirecting this query to the Cygwin list.  More
> >replies below.
> >
> >On Mon, 29 Sep 2003, Chunyu Liu wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >>Dear Igor Pechtchanski,
> >>
> >>I noticed that you've been trying discussed this problem in the forum.
> >>But I don't know whether you had the conclusion on this.
> >>Would you mind helping me?
> >>
> >>I have tried
> >>cygrunsrv -I cron -p /usr/sbin/cron -a -D
> >>cygrunsrv -S cron
> >>
> >>and set /var/run/cron.pid to a+rw,
> >>
> >>At the "-S cron" step, I can even see the new record in the log file at
> >>/var/log, saying
> >>[1652] cron started
> >>But cygwin pompts:
> >>"cygrunsrv: Error starting a service: QueryServiceStatus:  Win32 error 1062:
> >>The service has not been started."
> >>
> >>And "ps" does not show job of cron running. The cron does not do any
> >>scheduled work either.
> >>
> >>I checked Windows Services control panel, the cron is associated with
> >>cygrunsrv there. But whenever it's "started", it stopped immediately.
> >>
> >>Any help would be greatly appreciated!
> >>Chunyu Liu
> >>
> >>
> >
> >Is there any information in the log on why the cron program couldn't run?
> >Can you run cron from the command line?  ...From a SYSTEM-owned shell?
> >Did you search the list archives for a similar problem?  Did you run Mark
> >Harig's "cron_diagnose.sh"?
> >
> >Also, please read and follow the Cygwin problem reporting guidelines at
> ><http://cygwin.com/problems.html>.
> >       Igor

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