Leonard Jacobs wrote:
> Is there a simple document that explains how to get cron working as a
> service under cygwin?
>
> I have been perusing the list archives and see a consistent set of
> questions dealing with the trials and tribulations of using
> cron/crontab but cannot locate the basic help and configuration files.
> I am familiar with cron on linux, but this version is not particularly
> straightforward.
>
> Can cron run as a conventional Win2K service?
I use the following:
#!/bin/bash
################################################################################
#
# File: setup_cron
# Description: This script sets up Cygwin's cron on the local machine
# Author: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
# Created: Mon Apr 15 21:37:48 2002
# Language: Bash Shell
# Modifications:
#
# (c) Copyright 2002, [EMAIL PROTECTED], all rights reserved
#
################################################################################
me=$(basename $0)
# Make sure that certain directories and files do not exist! This is to let
# cron create them, which appears to be the only way to get these created
# correctly!
if [ ! -d /var/cron ]; then
rm -rf /var/cron
rm -rf /var/run/cron.pid
rm -rf /var/log/cron.log
# Install cron service:
cygrunsrv -I cron -p /usr/sbin/cron -a -D -d "Cygwin cron" -e \
"MAILTO=$USER@<domain>.com" -e "CYGWIN=ntsec"
fi
# Start cron service
cygrunsrv -S cron
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