RE: problem of cron in cygwin xp, final solution!

2003-10-01 Thread Harig, Mark
> > Maybe such things should be added to Mark Harig's "cron_diagnose.sh"? > > > To make the life easier for the other followers: > > 1. Need to set the mode of cygwin1.dll > > > > $ chmod +x /bin/cygwin1.dll This is a more general problem than a problem with cron's many files. A sanity check f

Re: problem of cron in cygwin xp, final solution!

2003-09-30 Thread Andrew DeFaria
Chunyu Liu wrote: Igor, This link you gave me is the final solution. I experienced exactly the same problem as Andrew described. BTDT! Glad my troubles helped you get cron working. To make the life easier for the other followers: 1. Need to set the mode of cygwin1.dll $ chmod +x /bin/cygwin1.

Re: problem of cron in cygwin xp, final solution!

2003-09-30 Thread Chunyu Liu
Igor, Thank you for giving me the final solution for this problem too. Yes. It works now. I appreciate all the help. Chunyu Igor Pechtchanski wrote: Chunyu, Just to close on the "at" issue. You were getting "invalid command" because you needed to put the time *before* the "/interactive". Anot

Re: problem of cron in cygwin xp, final solution!

2003-09-30 Thread Igor Pechtchanski
Chunyu, Just to close on the "at" issue. You were getting "invalid command" because you needed to put the time *before* the "/interactive". Another problem was that you needed to add the ".exe" to "bash". So, a command that just worked for me (from bash) was: at 14:51 /interactive 'c:\cygwin\b

Re: problem of cron in cygwin xp, final solution!

2003-09-30 Thread Chunyu Liu
Igor, This link you gave me is the final solution. I experienced exactly the same problem as Andrew described. To make the life easier for the other followers: 1. Need to set the mode of cygwin1.dll $ chmod +x /bin/cygwin1.dll 2. Need to create another directory $ mkdir /etc/cron.d Also make i