From: Keith Christian <keith1christian@gmail.com>
To: cygwin@cygwin.com
Subject: CRON executes CRONTABS only when run from terminal as "/usr/sbin/cron &"
Date: Sun, 15 Nov 2020 14:03:28 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAFWoy7F4Kjv_KSLhBCGaCuMzztLnZr+9GVKedHv7C=RvuwWtMQ@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
Cygwin people,
Running with this version of Cygwin.
CYGWIN_NT-10.0 DESKTOP-ASERVER 3.1.7(0.340/5/3) 2020-08-22 17:48 x86_64 Cygwin
Windows info:
$ /lib/csih/winProductName.exeMicrosoft Windows 10 Professional,
64-bit (build 18363)
I installed using cron-config, and created the cyg_server user.cron
starts OK, but does not appear to execute the crontabs.
No messages or errors in /var/log/cron.log.
$ cygrunsrv -Q cron
Service : cron
Display name : Cron daemon
Current State : Running
Controls Accepted : Stop
Command : /usr/sbin/cron -n
Tried these two crontab entries:
$ crontab -l
# DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE - edit the master and reinstall.
# (/tmp/crontab.33lQznXYyq installed on Sun Nov 15 11:41:55 2020)
# (Cron version V5.0 -- $Id: crontab.c,v 1.12 2004/01/23 18:56:42 vixie Exp $)
* * * * * /usr/bin/date >> /cygdrive/c/cygwin64/home/someuser/crontab_test
* * * * * /usr/bin/date >> /tmp/crontab_test
As stated in the subject line, the cron jobs execute properly when
starting cron from the terminal as "/usr/sbin/cron &"
Any suggestions appreciated.
next reply other threads:[~2020-11-15 21:03 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-11-15 21:03 Keith Christian [this message]
2020-11-16 20:44 ` Stephen Carrier
2020-11-16 20:49 ` Stephen Carrier
[not found] ` <CAFWoy7F8UG+gx-TiFL=U03dRnnbW0iuTspSiE_5ETAuUr_n+8Q@mail.gmail.com>
2020-11-25 23:13 ` Stephen Carrier
2020-11-26 4:29 ` Brian Inglis
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