RE: Running cygwin cron under WinXP SP1

RE: Running cygwin cron under WinXP SP1

[Harig, Mark]

> 
> The only thing I hadn't done before was the mkpasswd -l -d 
> and mkgroup 
> -l -d on first run of the original install, so don't know if 
> that made a 
> difference, but its working now.

It does make a difference, and this problem is detected by 
the diagnostic script.  When the problem is detected, it
recommends that the user perform the steps that you took
above.



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Re: Running cygwin cron under WinXP SP1

[Russell Hind]

Russell Hind wrote:

> I have just installed the latest cygwin and set up cron to run using
> 

Thanks for your replies.  I have it working now by uninstalling cygwin 
and re-installing it from the web (I had installed it a couple of weeks 
back and then added cron later).

The only thing I hadn't done before was the mkpasswd -l -d and mkgroup 
-l -d on first run of the original install, so don't know if that made a 
difference, but its working now.

Cheers

Russell


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RE: Running cygwin cron under WinXP SP1

[Harig, Mark]

Please read the message in the Cygwin mailing list at:

http://sources.redhat.com/ml/cygwin/2003-12/msg00711.html

It will provide you with a script that will attempt
to diagnose the problem that you are having with cron.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Russell Hind [mailto:rhind@mac.com]
> Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2004 4:56 AM
> To: cygwin@cygwin.com
> Subject: Running cygwin cron under WinXP SP1
> 
> 
> I have just installed the latest cygwin and set up cron to run using
> 
> cygrunsrv -I cron -p /usr/sbin/cron -a -D
> cygrunsrv -S cron
> 
> It is running as a service (both in XP task manager and in ps -ef)
> 
> But I can't get it to execute commands.  I have tried a 
> crontab as both 
> /etc/crontab and /var/cron/tabs/Russell
> 
> Is there an FAQ for getting cron running under cygwin?  I can't been 
> able to find one.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Russell
> 
> 
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RE: Running cygwin cron under WinXP SP1

[Brian Kelly]

Be sure you leave a blank line at the bottom of the crontab. This a
little
detail that is often overlooked - but one that would have been
discovered with a little research on unix cron. (cron of course has
*life* outside of cygwin) I'm not at all suggesting that this is the
problem - just one more thing to be aware of.

Brian Kelly


-----Original Message-----
From: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com [mailto:cygwin-owner@cygwin.com] On Behalf
Of Thorsten Kampe
Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2004 7:07 AM
To: cygwin@cygwin.com
Subject: Re: Running cygwin cron under WinXP SP1

* Russell Hind (2004-02-19 10:55 +0100)
> I have just installed the latest cygwin and set up cron to run using
> 
> cygrunsrv -I cron -p /usr/sbin/cron -a -D
> cygrunsrv -S cron
> 
> It is running as a service (both in XP task manager and in ps -ef)
> 
> But I can't get it to execute commands.  I have tried a crontab as
both 
> /etc/crontab and /var/cron/tabs/Russell

How did you create those? crontab -e for the latter? You know that the
system-wide crontab has a additional field for the user?

cron logs tho /var/whatever and into the eventviewer. Please consult
those two logs and explain further "can't get it to execute commands". 

Try redirecting the output with ">". For executables use the full path
or the PATH variable inside the crontab. Please read the fine manual
which answers all FAQs.

Thorsten


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Re: Running cygwin cron under WinXP SP1

[Thorsten Kampe]

* Russell Hind (2004-02-19 10:55 +0100)
> I have just installed the latest cygwin and set up cron to run using
> 
> cygrunsrv -I cron -p /usr/sbin/cron -a -D
> cygrunsrv -S cron
> 
> It is running as a service (both in XP task manager and in ps -ef)
> 
> But I can't get it to execute commands.  I have tried a crontab as both 
> /etc/crontab and /var/cron/tabs/Russell

How did you create those? crontab -e for the latter? You know that the
system-wide crontab has a additional field for the user?

cron logs tho /var/whatever and into the eventviewer. Please consult
those two logs and explain further "can't get it to execute commands". 

Try redirecting the output with ">". For executables use the full path
or the PATH variable inside the crontab. Please read the fine manual
which answers all FAQs.

Thorsten


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Running cygwin cron under WinXP SP1

[Russell Hind]

I have just installed the latest cygwin and set up cron to run using

cygrunsrv -I cron -p /usr/sbin/cron -a -D
cygrunsrv -S cron

It is running as a service (both in XP task manager and in ps -ef)

But I can't get it to execute commands.  I have tried a crontab as both 
/etc/crontab and /var/cron/tabs/Russell

Is there an FAQ for getting cron running under cygwin?  I can't been 
able to find one.

Thanks

Russell


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