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Date: Sun, 22 Sep 2013 21:43:17 +0200
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Subject: Re: Confused about several issues with setting up cron
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On 09/22/2013 05:56 PM, bartels wrote:
> On 09/22/2013 03:00 AM, KARR, DAVID wrote:
>> CYGWIN_NT-6.1 1.7.25(0.270/5/3) 2013-08-31 20:39 i686 Cygwin
>>
>> I want to set up a cron job, so I have to get cron configured. I'm trying to follow the instructions I can find, but I'm seeing several issues.
>>
>> I'm surprised that there's nothing in the user guide or the FAQ about setting up cron.  I had to settle for the various questions about this 
>> on StackOverflow and others.
>

By the way: SYSTEM is not a user.

- bartels

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