Cygwin people, Running with this version of Cygwin. CYGWIN_NT-10.0 DESKTOP-ASERVER 3.1.7(0.340/5/3) 2020-08-22 17:48 x86_64 Cygwin
Windows info: $ /lib/csih/winProductName.exeMicrosoft Windows 10 Professional, 64-bit (build 18363) I installed using cron-config, and created the cyg_server user.cron starts OK, but does not appear to execute the crontabs. No messages or errors in /var/log/cron.log. $ cygrunsrv -Q cron Service : cron Display name : Cron daemon Current State : Running Controls Accepted : Stop Command : /usr/sbin/cron -n Tried these two crontab entries: $ crontab -l # DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE - edit the master and reinstall. # (/tmp/crontab.33lQznXYyq installed on Sun Nov 15 11:41:55 2020) # (Cron version V5.0 -- $Id: crontab.c,v 1.12 2004/01/23 18:56:42 vixie Exp $) * * * * * /usr/bin/date >> /cygdrive/c/cygwin64/home/someuser/crontab_test * * * * * /usr/bin/date >> /tmp/crontab_test As stated in the subject line, the cron jobs execute properly when starting cron from the terminal as "/usr/sbin/cron &" Any suggestions appreciated. -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: https://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: https://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
