X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2007 06:49:34 -0400 From: "Pierre A. Humblet" Subject: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: cron 4.1-1 To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Message-Id: MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0.1 (32) Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Id: 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 I have updated cron to version 4.1 NEWS: Cron **** This port is based on Paul Vixie's cron packaged as 4.1 but reporting itself as 5.0. The changes (listed in /usr/share/doc/cron/CHANGES) don't appear to break compatibility with 3.0. There is a new algorithm to handle time jumps. Logging of a command can now be suppressed by using the -q switch, such as in the following example: * * * * * -q /the/script Package ******* /usr/bin/cron-config is still recommended to install the cron service. The base environment is now set as under sshd (in the previous package the environment on NT was the same as that of cygrunsrv, with some variables deleted, and it was empty on 9x). Variables defined in the crontab are added to the base, as previously done. Cron normally uses a mailer such as exim or ssmtp to communicate stdout and stderr output to the user. Cron uses the symbolic link /usr/sbin/sendmail to find the mailer. This feature is still supported. If /usr/sbin/sendmail does not point to a mailer, the cron postinstall script links it to the (new) script /usr/bin/cronlog. /usr/bin/cronlog is a "poor man's mailer" that writes cron output (if any) to HOME/cron.log. HOME can be superseded in the crontab file. The temporary output of /usr/bin/cronlog is written to /tmp/cron.XXX.log and /tmp/cron.XXX.log.err. These files are deleted if all goes well but can provide useful debugging information if HOME/cron.log cannot be written (e.g. on some network drives). /usr/bin/cronlog can be edited to suit particular needs. A mailer can be installed as well. The mailer configuration script, exim-config or ssmtp-config, will then offer to point /usr/sbin/sendmail appropriately. More information can be found in /usr/share/doc/Cygwin/cron-4.1-1.README Please direct all comments and questions to the cygwin list, mentioning cron in the Subject: line. Pierre ***************************************************************************** *** CYGWIN-ANNOUNCE UNSUBSCRIBE INFO *** If you want to unsubscribe from the cygwin-announce mailing list, please use the automated form at: http://cygwin.com/lists.html#subscribe-unsubscribe If this does not work, then look at the "List-Unsubscribe: " tag in the email header of this message. Send email to the address specified there. It will be in the format: cygwin-announce-unsubscribe-you=yourdomain DOT com AT cygwin DOT com If you need more information on unsubscribing, start reading here: http://sourceware.org/lists.html#unsubscribe-simple Please read *all* of the information on unsubscribing that is available starting at this URL and you WILL be able to unsubscribe. ***************************************************************************** -- 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/