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roypgsqlcygwin@xemaps.com
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Jason,

Okay, updated my cygwin, but now what?  I did a crontab -e and added this line:
* * * * * /usr/bin/date >> /home/myuser/blah.txt

saved and quit

and nothing is happening.  I've looked at the user manual and faq for cygwin and also searched google and I can't find
adamn thing about it.  What am I missing? 

BTW, does cygwin itself run as some background application (service) in NT?

Thanx.

Roy.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jason Tishler [mailto:jason@tishler.net]
>
> Yes, see the following:
>
>     http://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-announce/2001/msg00117.html
>
> Jason
>

Re:

From
"Russell Black"
Date:
You need to install cron as a service.  This is explained in the cron
readme.

----- Original Message -----
From: <roypgsqlcygwin@xemaps.com>
To: <pgsql-cygwin@postgresql.org>
Sent: Friday, September 21, 2001 10:48 AM
Subject: [CYGWIN]


> Jason,
>
> Okay, updated my cygwin, but now what?  I did a crontab -e and added this
line:
> * * * * * /usr/bin/date >> /home/myuser/blah.txt
>
> saved and quit
>
> and nothing is happening.  I've looked at the user manual and faq for
cygwin and also searched google and I can't find a damn thing about it.
What am I missing?
>
> BTW, does cygwin itself run as some background application (service) in
NT?
>
> Thanx.
>
> Roy.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Jason Tishler [mailto:jason@tishler.net]
> >
> > Yes, see the following:
> >
> >     http://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-announce/2001/msg00117.html
> >
> > Jason
> >
>
>
>
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Re: Cygwin cron

From
Jason Tishler
Date:
Roy,

On Fri, Sep 21, 2001 at 12:48:47PM -0400, roypgsqlcygwin@xemaps.com wrote:
> BTW, does cygwin itself run as some background application (service) in NT?

On Fri, Sep 21, 2001 at 12:51:46PM -0400, roypgsqlcygwin@xemaps.com wrote:
> Whoops!  Forgot to read the README at /usr/doc/cygwin/cron.README

Did you forget to read the README again?

    $ fgrep cygrunsrv /usr/doc/cygwin/cron.README
    cygrunsrv. Install as service like that:
            cygrunsrv -I cron -p /usr/sbin/cron -a -D

Or, did you just forgot to start the service?

    $ net start cron

Jason