>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. __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
