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From: Andrew DeFaria <ADeFaria AT Salira DOT com>
Subject: Re: problem of cron in cygwin xp, final solution!
Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2003 14:45:57 -0700
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Chunyu Liu wrote:

> Igor,
>
> This link you gave me is the final solution.  I experienced exactly 
> the same problem as Andrew described. 

BTDT! Glad my troubles helped you get cron working.

> To make the life easier for the other followers:
> 1. Need to set the mode of cygwin1.dll
>
> $ chmod +x /bin/cygwin1.dll
> 2. Need to create another directory $ mkdir /etc/cron.d
> Also make it accessible, by changing the permission.
> 3. Then, follow the standard guideline to start cron service, as
> $ cygrunsrv --stop cron
> $ cygrunsrv --remove cron
> $ cygrunsrv --install cron -p /usr/sbin/cron -a -D
> $ cygrunsrv --start cron
>
>
> Hopefully, this troubling problem can be solved in the next version 
> cygwin setup. 

Maybe such things should be added to Mark Harig's "cron_diagnose.sh"?
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