X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <465D6B41.4070508@cygwin.com> Date: Wed, 30 May 2007 08:17:05 -0400 From: "Larry Hall (Cygwin)" Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.0.10) Gecko/20070308 Fedora/1.5.0.10-2.fc4.remi Thunderbird/1.5.0.10 Mnenhy/0.7.5.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: Issue Getting cron to execute a basic test job on windows References: <1403AEC9E36D864FB77B1208AA3FA762016FE0BD AT mcchqex04 DOT MediClinic DOT co DOT za> In-Reply-To: <1403AEC9E36D864FB77B1208AA3FA762016FE0BD@mcchqex04.MediClinic.co.za> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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 Welcome, Traiano wrote: > > ( *ahem* this time with attachment ) > > Hi > > I cannot get cron to execute a test line, or log errors to the cron log > for further debugging. I would appreciate it if you could point me in > the right direction towards fixing my setup. Attached is the > cronbug.txt. > AFAICS from the information provided, you aren't running 'cron'. Please run '/bin/cron-config' and configure and start the service. Then try again. If you still have problems, try running 'cron_diagnose.sh' to see if there is a configuration issue. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 _____________________________________________________________________ A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email? -- 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/