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Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2003 14:53:28 -0500 (EST)
From: Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha AT cs DOT nyu DOT edu>
Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
To: Tim Ashman <wolfgang_mx3 AT hotmail DOT com>
cc: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject: Re: Crontab does not work, Windows 2000
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Tim,

Replies inline below.

On Thu, 20 Nov 2003, Tim Ashman wrote:

> Igor
>
> I have attached the windows event log. Can you help? Thanks.
>
> Event Type:     Information
> Event Source:   ./crontab
> Event Category: None
> Event ID:       0
> Date:           11/18/2003
> Time:           10:37:29 AM
> User:           ECPACIFIC\ashmant
> Computer:       TAYLORBILL
> Description:
> The description for Event ID ( 0 ) in Source ( ./crontab ) cannot be found.
> The local computer may not have the necessary registry information or
> message DLL files to display messages from a remote computer. The following
> information is part of the event: ./crontab : PID 596 :
> (ashmant) LIST (ashmant).
  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Isn't this what your script is supposed to output?  Looks to me like your
crontab actually worked.  If you don't redirect the output of your script,
it goes to syslog (which, in case of Cygwin, is the Windows event log).
Try changing your crontab entry to something like

33 12 * * * /usr/bin/bsh_ubcfxscript.txt >> /tmp/bsh_ubcfxscript.out

and see if it works.  In fact, did you try the "Hello, world!" of all
crontabs, i.e.

33 12 * * * /bin/date >> /tmp/date.out

?  HTH,
	Igor

> ----Original Message Follows----
> From: Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha AT cs DOT nyu DOT edu>
> Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
> To: Tim Ashman <wolfgang_mx3 AT hotmail DOT com>
> CC: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
> Subject: Re: Crontab does not work, Windows 2000
> Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2003 13:00:32 -0500 (EST)
>
> On Thu, 20 Nov 2003, Tim Ashman wrote:
>
> >Crontab will not run on my Cygwin platform.
> >
> >I am using Cygwin 1.5.5 under Windows 2000 5.00.2195 Service Pack 4.
> >
> >I want to schedule some bash scripts using crontab. Each script runs
> >perfectly fine on its own. I created the following crontab from the bash
> >shell, located at /bin/bash:
> >
> >    # DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE - edit the master and reinstall.
> >    # (/tmp/crontab.1904 installed on Wed Nov 19 12:32:06 2003)
> >    # (Cron version -- $Id: crontab.c,v 1.7 2003/04/15 15:13:41 corinna Exp $)
> >
> >    33 12 * * * /usr/bin/bsh_ubcfxscript.txt
> >
> >When the time scheduled arrives, nothing happens. No error messages occur
> >and the script does not execute.
> >
> >cygcheck.out is attached
> >
> >Thank you.
>
> Did you check the Windows Event log?
>         Igor

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