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Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2005 17:59:56 -0400
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From: Larry Hall <lh-no-personal-replies-please AT cygwin DOT com>
Subject: Re: cron issue
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At 05:25 PM 6/29/2005, you wrote:
>Imran Merali wrote:
>
>> I am trying to get cron to execute a bash script at a certain time,
>> but it is not doing so. The script itself works well, but it doesn't
>> seem to want to run when i set it up as a cron job. The same thing
>> happens when I try to do something simple like output a timestamp to a
>> text file each minute. This is a fresh install. Additionally, the line
>> in my crontab is identical to that in the crontab on my bsd machine. I
>> used cron_diagnose.sh, but it said my install was fine, with the
>> exception of a little issue with sendmail, which I tried to correct
>> with a symlink to a working mailer.
>[snip]
>
>First look into the Windows Event Viewer + Application, you should find a few
>events that have, among other things, the crond output. 


Also look at '/var/log/cron.log' for info.


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