X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <20061030232907.18772.qmail@web58409.mail.re3.yahoo.com> Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2006 15:29:07 -0800 (PST) From: "John S." Subject: RE: cron 3.0.1-19 will not run shell scripts To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Note-from-DJ: This may be spam Mark- Sorry about that I am new to the mailing lists. > Please follow the instructions that cron_diagnose.sh > describes > after it can no longer find any additional problems > (you may > need to run it several times), and report to the > Cygwin list. > Someone there may have some idea what is causing the > problem > if you provide sufficient details. > > Please do not include my email address in any reply. > That > simply encourages more spam. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: John S. > > Sent: Monday, October 30, 2006 6:09 PM > > Subject: RE: cron 3.0.1-19 will not run shell > scripts > > > > Mark- > > /var/run and /usr/sbin/cron needed to have the > > permissions changed. But it still does not work. > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > Sent: Monday, October 30, 2006 5:04 PM > > > > Subject: cron 3.0.1-19 will not run shell > scripts > > > > > > > > Greetings, > > > > I hope this is an easy one. > > > > > > > > Problem: > > > > cron will not run any shell scripts. > > > > > > > > Description: > > > > As far as I can tell cron works fine, but cron > > > will > > > > not run any shell scripts. The shell scripts > work > > > fine > > > > if invoked from the shell. > > > > > > > > > > The Cygwin distribution of 'cron' includes a > shell > > > script > > > named 'cron_diagnose.sh' that you might find > useful > > > in > > > locating the source of your problem. Run the > > > following > > > commands at your shell prompt: > > > > > > $ cygcheck -c cron > > > > > > $ cygcheck -l cron > > > > > > The first command will verify that your 'cron' > > > installation > > > is valid, or not. The second command will list > the > > > files included > > > in the 'cron' distribution. You can use this > list > > > to locate > > > 'cron_diagnose.sh' in your environment. > > > > > > --- > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Low, Low, Low Rates! Check out Yahoo! Messenger's cheap PC-to-Phone call rates (http://voice.yahoo.com) -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/