cron in cygwin

[Harig, Mark A.]

Please try the attached script.  It will attempt
to diagnose some common cron configuration
problems.  It does not change anything on
your computer.  You may need to run it
several times because it stops whenever
it finds a problem.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sanjay Goel [mailto:sanjaygoel@hotpop.com]
> Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2003 9:59 AM
> To: cygwin@cygwin.com
> Subject: Re: cron in cygwin
> 
> 
> I tried out
> * * * * * /usr/bin/date >> /d/date.log 2>&1
> but my date.log is not updating ...
> the cron is still not working ..
> as per post by a12 I also did
> 
> cygrunsrv -E cron
> cygrunsrv -R cron
> cygrunsrv -I cron -p /usr/sbin/cron -a -D -e "CYGWIN=tty 
> ntsec" -f "Cygwin
> cron"
> cygrunsrv -S cron
> 
> but it still is not working
> 
> 
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