RE: cron problem report

["Harig, Mark" <maharig at idirect dot net>]

Please try version 1.4.  It has additional checks.

http://sources.redhat.com/ml/cygwin/2004-02/msg01341.html

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Seiji Tokunaga [mailto:stokunag@gmu.edu]
> Sent: Monday, March 01, 2004 3:27 PM
> To: cygwin@cygwin.com
> Subject: cron problem report
> 
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I have trouble getting my cron to work. I have tried cron_diagnosis.sh
> 1.3 but I could not find any problems. I also did the suggestion from
> the cron_diagnosis.sh output but it does not work. Here is the crontab
> -l, cron_diagnose.sh output and the cygcheck -srv output. Hope you can
> help me.
> 
> % crontab -l
> # DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE - edit the master and reinstall.
> # (/tmp/crontab.3928 installed on Mon Mar  1 15:03:19 2004)
> # (Cron version -- $Id: crontab.c,v 1.7 2003/04/15 15:13:41 
> corinna Exp $)
> * * * * * `date` >> ${HOME}/foo.log
> %
> 
> -- output of cron_diganose.sh --
> % bin/cron_diagnose.sh
> cron_diagnose.sh 1.3
> 
> This script did not find any errors in your crontab setup.
> If you are still unable to get cron to work, then try
> shutting down the cron service, uninstalling it,
> reinstalling it, and restarting it.
> 
> The following commands will do that:
>   $ cygrunsrv --stop cron
>   $ cygrunsrv --remove cron
>   $ cygrunsrv --install cron -p /usr/sbin/cron -a -D
>   $ cygrunsrv --start cron
> 
> If the cron service does not start, try deleting the file
> /var/run/cron.pid and then repeating the commands above.
> 
> If none of this fixes the problem, then report your problem
> to cygwin@cygwin.com.  Please include a copy of your crontab,
> ('crontab -l') and the output of 'cygcheck -srv > cygcheck.txt'.
> 
> PLEASE include the generated files 'cygcheck.txt' *as an attachment*,
> and NOT in the body of the mail message.
> 

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