Re: Cron problem

[Brian Dessent <brian at dessent dot net>]

Orfeo Da Via wrote:

> $ /usr/bin/cron-config
> 
> ...as service? yes
> ...yourself?   no
> ...ntsec?      yes
> ...start ..service? yes
> 
> now:
> 
> $ cygrunsrv -L
>   cron
> 
> $ cygrunsrv -Q cron
>  Service             : cron
>  Display name        : Cron daemon
>  Current State       : Running
>  Controls Accepted   : Stop
>  Command             : /usr/sbin/cron -D
> 
> $ crontab -l
>  # DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE - edit the master and reinstall.
>  # (/tmp/crontab.300 installed on Sat Oct  8 10:23:16 2005)
>  # (Cron version -- $Id: crontab.c,v 1.8 2004/12/21 16:14:41 corinna Exp  $)
>  * 10 * * * /bin/date >> /home/micekiller/tmp/date.out 2&1

I don't see the step where you ran "crontab -e" to actually edit the
crontab.  How are you doing this?  If you are just editing the file with
an editor and not using "crontab -e" then that is the reason it is not
working.  You can't just edit the crontab.  At the least you need to HUP
the daemon.

Brian

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