Cron jobs don't run
Janos Dohanics
web@3dresearch.com
Tue Nov 2 08:36:00 GMT 2010
On Mon, 01 Nov 2010 21:14:38 -0400
"Pierre A. Humblet" <Pierre.Humblet@ieee.org> wrote:
> At 04:59 PM 11/1/2010, Janos Dohanics wrote:
> >I'm trying to set up cron jobs in a new cygwin installation. The cron
> >service is running, but jobs are not executed.
> >
> >I ran cron_diagnose.sh which says "The SYSTEM user cannot access the
> >mount point /usr/bin". mount shows:
>
> On cygwin 1.5:
> C:~: fgrep -1 'access' /bin/cron_diagnose.sh | fgrep cannot
> echo "The SYSTEM user cannot access the mount point
> ${mnt_point}." On cygwin 1.7
> C:~: fgrep -1 'access' /bin/cron_diagnose.sh | fgrep cannot
>
> So you are using an old version of cron_diagnose.
>
> To debug, start with a crontab that executes a simple
> command such as "date >> /tmp/cron.out" every minute.
> You can use "cronevents" to view the log.
> If you need more help, run "cronbug" and send it as an attachment.
>
> Pierre
Pierre,
Thank you for your help.
Before I had the chance to read your e-mail though, I have reinstalled
cygwin and cron works now.
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Janos Dohanics
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