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From: "Dave Korn" <dk AT artimi DOT com>
To: <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
Subject: RE: cron dying in Windows but not in Cygwin
Date: Thu, 27 May 2004 10:26:38 +0100
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: cygwin-owner On Behalf Of Thorsten Kampe
> Sent: 26 May 2004 23:06

> * Robert Pollard (2004-05-26 18:33 +0100)
> > I have a bit of a problem where when we launch cron from 
> the command 
> > line after a few days it dies in Windows but is still visible in 
> > Cygwin.
> 
> Beg your pardon? Your sentence doesn't make sense to me.
> 
> > Currently, I run a script that launches /usr/sbin/cron.  This 
> > script only launches cron if it isn't running.
> > 
> > Does it have something to do with not launching from an rc file?
> 
> Excuse me? rc files are /configuration/ files...

  Have you ever actually *read* one?  They're shell scripts.


    cheers, 
      DaveK
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