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Date: Fri, 7 Oct 2005 11:22:10 -0400 (EDT)
From: Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha AT cs DOT nyu DOT edu>
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To: Orfeo Da Via <orfeo DOT davia AT microline-srl DOT com>
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Ugh, top-posting.  Reformatted...

On Fri, 7 Oct 2005, Orfeo Da Via wrote:

> Earlier I wrote:
> > I'll quote your crontab inline to better comment on it:
> >
> > # DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE - edit the master and reinstall.
> > # (/tmp/crontab.580 installed on Fri Oct  7 14:09:56 2005)
> > # (Cron version -- $Id: crontab.c,v 1.8 2004/12/21 16:14:41 corinna Exp $)
> > 10 14 * * * /bin/date >> /usr/tmp/date.out;
> >
> > First off, I'm not sure how cron will react to the semicolon at the end.
> > Secondly, you need to redirect stderr as well as stdout, or deal with cron
> > trying to mail you the output.
> >
> > Try
> >
> > 10 14 * * * /bin/date >> /usr/tmp/date.out 2>&1
> >
> > and see if that works for you (it should).  If not, take a look at
> > /var/log/cron.log and the Windows Event Log for any relevant messages from
> > cron.
>
> Hi Igor,
> thanks for your quicky reply!
>
> I tryed in this way
>
> $ crontab -l
>  10 14 * * * /bin/date >> /usr/tmp/date.out 2>&1
>
> but doesn't work!!

What is your indication that it doesn't work?  Do you have anything in
/usr/tmp/date.out?  What are the permissions on that file?

> In attch. files is generated from:
>
> $ cat /var/log/cron.log > cron.log.txt

What are the permissions on /var/log/cron.log?

> $ ps -elf > ps-elf.txt

This shows that cygrunsrv is running as user "micekiller".  It should be
running as SYSTEM.  What exact command did you use to install your cron
service?

> I've also changed the permission of my cron.pid
>
> $ chown a+x /var/run/cron.pid

Did you mean "chmod a+rw"?  The command below seems to indicate that...

> $ ls -l /var/run/cron.pid
>
> In event.log the Windows Event Log output.. IMHO is generated from
>
> $ crontab -l
>
> Thanks
> 	Orfeo

Your eventlog.txt shows only one event:

crontab : PID 1628 : (micekiller) LIST (micekiller).

This is indeed from "crontab -l".  Are you sure there are no more
cron-generated events there?
	Igor

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