"bella" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Hi, > > Install cygwin 1.3.10 in windows 2000 advanced server > SP3. I used Veritas Netbackup for backup system. > Recently, I got error > > ERR = failure reading file: D:\cygwin\var\run\cron.pid > (The process cannot access the file because another > process has locked a portion of the file) > > I can open cron.pid by notepad. > > Is the cron.pid corrupt ? > What's usage for cron.pid ? If I don't backup > cron.pid, can I resume service after restored ? > Or any suggestion ? > > I cannot upgrade the cygwin version as it's in > production environment. > > Thanks
The cron.pid file stores the pid of the running cron process. It is typically owned by SYSTEM. Just change your Netbackup to exclude this file. Yes you can resume (really restart) the cron service without this file. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
