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Date: Sun, 22 Sep 2013 21:45:37 +0200
From: bartels <bartels AT mailme DOT ath DOT cx>
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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.
>
 >>> 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.
 >>
 >> Must say your reporting of events is also lacking crucial elements
 >> If you re-install and give me more details, then I will try and answer your
 >> questions.
 > Ok.  I assume you mean re-installing cron, not Cygwin.
Yes, cron-config is what I meant.
 >
 > I followed the process described in the FAQ for removing a service.  I then ran cron-config again.  When I did this before, I selected to run
cron as myself.  I decided to make it run as the local system account this time (first running "passwd -R" and entering my password).  It 
appeared to complete without errors or warnings.  I did this in a "run as administrator" window.
 >
 > In a normal window, I then ran "crontab -e".  I figured this would put me into "vi" with an empty buffer.  It just returned to the prompt.
You should see a vi session.
Do you have vi installed?
What is the value of EDITOR?

This could indicate a deeper problem, confusing not just cron.

 > I then ran "crontab crontab" (the "crontab" file in my current directory is the file with the one job I want to run), and then did "crontab
-l".  Nothing.

Are you familiar with the crontab format? If not, try this:
$ man 5 crontab

 >
 > I then went back to the administrator window.  I ran "cronevents".  This didn't show anything more than the cron service being started.  I
then ran "cronbug".  I'm attaching the gzipped copy of this.
 >
You will have more luck running cron 'as yourself': it is straightforward.
Running it as a privileged user is more complicated.

Is there a specific reason why you want to run it as system?

- bartels


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