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Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2005 14:31:18 -0400 (EDT)
From: Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha AT cs DOT nyu DOT edu>
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To: Jean-Michel Douchain <sisauv AT opgc DOT univ-bpclermont DOT fr>
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Subject: Re: crontab
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On Tue, 23 Aug 2005, Jean-Michel Douchain wrote:

> I can't run automatically any program with cron??
> Can you help me??
>
> ------ crontab ------
> # DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE - edit the master and reinstall.
> # (/tmp/crontab.2272 installed on Tue Aug 23 17:00:18 2005)
> # (Cron version -- $Id: crontab.c,v 1.8 2004/12/21 16:14:41 corinna Exp $)
> 45 * * * * /cygdrive/c/sismalp/acqdata/sis
> 01 * * * * /cygdrive/c/sismalp/acqdata/es.csh

Since you didn't redirect the output of either of the above commands, cron
will probably try (and fail) to find a working smtp service on your
machine to mail you the output.

Why not try with the "hello world" of crontabs instead:

?:5 * * * * /bin/date >> /tmp/cron-date.out 2>&1

and see if that works as expected (printing the date into
/tmp/cron-date.out every five minutes).

Also, as René suggested, check the error logs.
HTH,
	Igor
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