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RE: cron problem in W2K Proffesional
- From: "Harig, Mark A." <maharig at idirect dot net>
- To: "Eric De La Cruz Lugo" <eric_delacruz at yahoo dot com>,<cygwin at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Fri, 6 Dec 2002 14:35:56 -0500
- Subject: RE: cron problem in W2K Proffesional
What are the ownership/permissions for '/var'? That is,
ls -ld /var
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Eric De La Cruz Lugo [mailto:eric_delacruz@yahoo.com]
> Sent: Friday, December 06, 2002 2:09 PM
> To: cygwin@cygwin.com
> Subject: RE: cron problem in W2K Proffesional
>
>
> >1. Have you read /usr/doc/Cygwin/cron.README?
>
> Yes.
>
> >2. Have you tried using a simple crontab entry?
> > What have you tried?
>
> yes i am using now the following example:
> crontab -e
>
> * * * * * /usr/bin/date >> /tmp/date.txt
>
> "as you suggested to Buck Turgidson"
>
> but there is nothing yet in /tmp/ (6 minutes waiting)
>
> yes the /tmp directory has the 777 permissions
>
> thanks for your hints!
>
>
> >For future reference, please include >your
> 'cygcheck.txt'
> >file as an attachment only.
>
> Ok, I will.
>
> Eric De La Cruz Lugo
> Merida Yucatan Mexico.
>
>
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