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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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