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Re: Cron problems with cygwin...


Kevin,

<http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#PPIOSPE>.  Thanks.  I'm redirecting this
reply to the Cygwin mailing list, and setting Reply-To appropriately.

On Tue, 26 Jul 2005, Kevin Markle wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I was looking on the web for my windows 2003 cygwin cron prolems and it
> appears that you have a way to get this to work. If you can help me out
> on this I would appreciate it. Do I need to run cron-config before
> running this command? Are these 2 thing all that I need to do to get
> cron to work? I have been able to get the service to run but none of the
> items in the crontab file run?
>
> cygrunsrv -I cron -p /usr/sbin/cron -a -D -u svccron -w <passwd>
>
> Thanks!
> Kevin Markle

I don't have Windows 2003, and I haven't run cron in a while.  However, I
do have some general comments about your problem:

First, please review and follow the Cygwin problem reporting guidelines at
<http://cygwin.com/problems.html>, particularly the part in bold that asks
you to attach the output of "cygcheck -svr" on your system.

Second, I'm not sure which "2 things" you are referring to.  As far as I
recall, cron-config will actually install the cron service for you, so
there is no need for a separate "cygrunsrv -I" command.  That script will
even offer to start the service, so you won't even need a "cygrunsrv -S"
command.

Third, please run the cron_diagnose.sh script and examine the results.
If it's a simple permission issue, that script should catch it.

Lastly, examine the logs (/var/log/cron.log and the Windows Event log) for
any signs of errors.  Also check whether you are properly redirecting the
output in your crontab (if not, cron may be looking for a sendmail
program).
HTH,
	Igor
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