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RE: Cron doesn't work
I still recommend following the suggestions I outlined below. But I'll
throw in another which is also worthwhile:
<http://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2004-07/msg00155.html>
If you can't get 'cron' working after all this, please report back some
specifics of your efforts.
Larry
At 05:40 AM 10/12/2004, you wrote:
>It seems that cron is not working at all.
>
>What do I have to do set him to work?
>OR to test if he is working?
>
>Thanks
>MArcos
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com [mailto:cygwin-owner@cygwin.com] On Behalf
>Of Larry Hall
>Sent: segunda-feira, 11 de Outubro de 2004 17:27
>To: Marcos Rebelo; cygwin@cygwin.com
>Subject: Re: Cron doesn't work
>
>At 08:25 AM 10/11/2004, you wrote:
>>I have the cron installed, my crontab is:
>>*/2 * * * * perl -e 'open(FILE,
>>">/cygdrive/c/deleteMe.txt") or die $!; print FILE (time."\n");
>>close(FILE)'
>>
>>but nothing is going on.
>
>
>I suggest you start with something easier (like '/bin/echo "hello"'),
>always use full paths, search the email archives for cron problems and
>solutions, and read and follow the advice at:
>
>>Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html
>
>
>
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