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Date: Sat, 8 Oct 2005 16:33:05 -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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Subject: Re: Cron problem
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On Sat, 8 Oct 2005, Orfeo Da Via wrote:

> > Try doing this without changing your UID to 18.  In fact, is there a
> > reason why you didn't use cron-config in the first place?  Why not try
> > removing all traces of the cron service, including the log and pid files,
> > and using cron-config to install cron?
>
> well, I removed all my cron intallation:
>
> $ cygrunsrv --stop cron
> $ cygrunsrv --remove cron
> $ rm -f /var/run/cron.pid
> $ rm -f /var/log/cron*
>
> $ cygrunsrv -L
>  (empty row)
>
> then I restarted cygwin and:
>
> $ /usr/bin/cron-config
>
> ...as service? yes
> ...yourself?   no
> ...ntsec?      yes
> ...start ..service? yes
>
> now:
>
> $ cygrunsrv -L
>   cron
>
> $ cygrunsrv -Q cron
>  Service             : cron
>  Display name        : Cron daemon
>  Current State       : Running
>  Controls Accepted   : Stop
>  Command             : /usr/sbin/cron -D

So far so good...

> $ crontab -l
>  # DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE - edit the master and reinstall.
>  # (/tmp/crontab.300 installed on Sat Oct  8 10:23:16 2005)
>  # (Cron version -- $Id: crontab.c,v 1.8 2004/12/21 16:14:41 corinna Exp  $)
>  * 10 * * * /bin/date >> /home/micekiller/tmp/date.out 2&1
                                                         ^^^
Whoops.  No good here.  You forgot the '>' -- the last part should be
'2>&1'.

> $ ls -l /home/micekiller/ | grep tmp
>  drwxr-xr-x+  2 micekiller     None     0 Oct  8 11:03 tmp
>
> $ ls -l /home/micekiller/tmp
>  total 0
>
> grrrr ...does't work!

Eh?  How do you figure that?  I wonder, did you see René Berber's reply
(<http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2005-10/msg00147.html>)?

> $ ll /var/log/cron.log
>  -rw-r--r--  1 SYSTEM root 39 Oct  8 10:31 /var/log/cron.log
>
> $ cat /var/log/cron.log
>   [836] cron started
>   [1032] cron started
>
> where I'm wrong?  Thanks O.

We can't tell you where you are wrong until you tell us what you mean by
cron "not working"...  Does the crontab fail to execute correctly (i.e.,
every minute after 10:00?

I think, besides fixing the above typo, reading "man 5 crontab" would be
helpful.

HTH,
	Igor
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