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From: Thorsten Kampe <thorsten AT thorstenkampe DOT de>
Subject: Re: Crontab does not work, Windows 2000
Date: Sat, 22 Nov 2003 13:55:30 +0100
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* Tim Ashman (2003-11-21 23:39 +0100)
> Igor,

> I have looked through /usr/share/doc/Cygwin/cron.README like you suggested. 
> The only problem is that the cygrunsrv file does not exist on my computer. 
> I've done a thorough search. Do you have any idea why this happened? Is it 
> common and what should I do about it?

> Thanks.

> ----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: Fri, 21 Nov 2003 12:59:54 -0500 (EST)

> On Thu, 20 Nov 2003, Tim Ashman wrote:

>  > Igor,
>  >
>  > I did not run the cygrunsrv utility. I searched my hard drive and it does
>  > not exist. I just created a crontab under my username from the "crontab 
> -e"
>  > command. Is cygrunsrv a trivial part of running cron tasks?

> Your cron service is not running.  See /usr/share/doc/Cygwin/cron.README.

>  > Also, I ran cron_diagnose and it is getting stuck on the mounts. I'm 
> pretty
>  > sure that the mounts are system mounts, not user.
>  >
>  > ->Part of my output after running the diagnose script:
>  >
>  > The SYSTEM user cannot access the mount point /usr/bin.
>  > Please run the following command to add a system mount point:
>  >    mount -f -s -b "[DOS path to Cygwin]/bin" "/usr/bin"
>  > where [DOS path to Cygwin] is something like c:/cygwin.
>  >
>  > For more information, run 'mount -m' and 'mount -h'
>  >
>  > After adding this mount point, please re-run this script.
>  >
>  > ->My output after running mount -m:
>  >
>  > mount -f -s -b "C:/cygwin/bin" "/usr/bin"
>  > mount -f -s -b "C:/cygwin/lib" "/usr/lib"
>  > mount -f -s -b "C:/cygwin" "/"
>  > mount -s -b --change-cygdrive-prefix "/cygdrive"
>  >
>  > Should I run the command you suggested at:
>  > http://sources.redhat.com/ml/cygwin/2003-05/msg00486.html ?

> No, I think you have a different problem.  Looks like your SYSTEM user may
> have user mounts that shadow the system ones.  Try getting a SYSTEM-owned
> shell and running "mount -m" from there.  If you see any user mounts,
> "umount -u" them.
> 	Igor

>  > Hopefully we get this sorted out after this posting! :) Thanks
>  >
>  > ----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 17:59:55 -0500 (EST)
>  >
>  > Tim,
>  >
>  > Umm, sorry, I meant just the underlined lines, but I guess no dice...
>  >
>  > Did you try running Mark Harig's cron_diagnose.sh (Google for it) on your
>  > system?  Does it report any errors?
>  >
>  > Does the "date" example produce any messages in syslog (i.e., Windows
>  > Event log)?  An obligatory silly question, BTW: did you start the cron
>  > service?  What options did you pass to cygrunsrv to create the service?
>  >         Igor
>  >
>  > On Thu, 20 Nov 2003, Tim Ashman wrote:
>  >
>  > > Igor,
>  > >
>  > > The output I displayed in my last posting was from the event log. It
>  > > is not what my script is supposed to output. My script uses the lynx
>  > > utility to download specific data files from an http site and echoes
>  > > some progress statements back to the shell. I have tried what you
>  > > suggested below and the "hello world" date crontab as well. Both do
>  > > not work. I have also tried different combinations of path (/bin and
>  > > /usr/bin) in my crontab, but still no luck. Note, I open a bash shell
>  > > from /bin/bash and write my crontab from there. Just a quick
>  > > sidetrack...why does the "pwd" command give /usr/bin when the shell
>  > > was opened in /bin?
>  > >
>  > > Any other ideas of what the problem could be? Do you think it's
>  > > path-related? Thank you so much...
>  > >
>  > > ----------------------
>  > >
>  > > 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

Just install it.
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