cron 00.27

[René Berber]

r wrote:

>>> I started cron ( with "cron-config" command, ( is it possible 
>>> to configure it to start at win boot ? ))
>> Cron-config did that.
> 
> so I did once and from next time it will be started at boot
> time ? Because I did not find this information everywhere.

Yes it will start at boot time (if and only if you answered yes when 
cron-config asked you "Do you want to install the cron daemon as a 
service?"), you can check it in many ways:

- Running: cygrunsrv -Q cron
- Opening My Computer -> Manage -> Services and Applications -> Services

>>> but at 00.27 nothing appened. Did I make something wrong ?
>> You didn't learn to use cron:
>>
>> man crontab
>>
>> less /usr/share/doc/Cygwin/cron-4.1-6.README
> 
> I read the documents in /usr/share/doc/cron/, the cron manpages 
> but they did not specify those informations.
> Now I read /usr/share/doc/Cygwin/cron-4.1-6.README and crontab
> manpage but again they don't specify those informations.
> You are right about reading documentation, and maybe I had to
> look on the web, but I was told that cygwin apps are not exactly
> the same as linux apps. So looking in linux apps docs may be unuseful.

Cron under Cygwin is very close to the one usually distributed with 
Linux.  I think the man page has all the information you requested, even 
some you didn't but should know to avoid mistakes like putting a file 
under /var/cron/tabs; the top of the man page tells you that crontab is 
the tool you should use, the alternative (inherited from Linux) is to 
use /etc/cron.d/ .
-- 
René Berber


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