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Date: Fri, 1 Jul 2005 10:40:08 -0400
From: Imran Merali <imerali AT gmail DOT com>
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Subject: Re: cron issue
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I got things working. Thanks for your help.

On 6/29/05, Larry Hall <lh-no-personal-replies-please AT cygwin DOT com> wrote:
> 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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