--- "Harig, Mark A." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> It appears as though everything is set correctly.
>
> Try:
>
> 1. Shut down your cron service.
Done.
> 2. Run Cygwin's setup.exe to uninstall 'cron'.
Done.
> 3. Run setup.exe a second time to
> download/install
> a new copy of 'cron'.
Done.
> 4. Reboot your computer.
Done.
> 5. Check your crontab: crontab -l
Done it shows:
# DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE - edit the master and
reinstall.
# (/tmp/crontab.1036 installed on Fri Dec 6 13:04:23
2002)
# (Cron version -- $Id: crontab.c,v 1.6 2001/09/19
17:09:55 corinna Exp $)
* * * * * /usr/sbin/date >> /tmp/date.txt
> 6. Install the cron service and start it.
cygrunsrv -I cron -p /usr/sbin/cron -a -D -e
"CYGWIN=tty ntsec"
cygrunserv -S cron
ps -e shows:
PID PPID PGID WINPID TTY UID
STIME COMMAND
1560 1 1560 1560 con 1000
17:35:32 /usr/bin/bash
1420 1 1420 1420 ? 18
17:36:52 /usr/bin/cygrunsrv
1384 1420 1420 1132 ? 18
17:36:52 /usr/sbin/cron
1040 1560 1040 1648 con 1000
17:45:21 /usr/bin/ps
waited for 8 minutes and checked /tmp....guess what???
NOTHING! there is no output yet :( no "date.txt"
anything else? other aproach to this problem?
>
Eric De La Cruz Lugo
Merida Yucatan, Mexico.
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