I've set up cron on my desktop according to /usr/doc/Cygwin/cron.README which states I should:
$ cygrunsrv -I cron -p /usr/sbin/cron -a D -e "CYGWIN=ntsec" $ cygrunsrv -S cron And I have the following crontab installed: 15 * * * * echo -e "Debugging cron $(date)\n" > /tmp/cron.log 16 * * * * echo -e "Working directory:\n\n$(pwd)\n" >> /tmp/cron.log 17 * * * * echo -e "ID info:\n\n$(id)\n" >> /tmp/cron.log 18 * * * * echo -e "Directory listing:\n\n$(ls)\n" >> /tmp/cron.log 19 * * * * echo -e "Script file:\n\n$(ls /tmp/update_view)\n" >> /tmp/cron.log 20 * * * * echo -e "Executing: /tmp/update_view defaria" >> /tmp/cron.log 21 * * * * /tmp/update_view defaria >> /tmp/cron.log The resulting output is: Debugging cron Wed Jan 9 13:15:01 2002 Working directory: /home/adefaria ID info: uid=1370(adefaria) gid=513(Domain Users) groups=0(Everyone),512(Domain Admins),513(Domain Users),1170(Everybody),1382(ITSupport) Directory listing: Script file: /tmp/update_view Executing: /tmp/update_view defaria It seems like cron works OK and runs as me in my home directory but I cannot access nor run any scripts! Not even in /tmp! Why? Executing this script from the command line yeilds: $ /tmp/update_view defaria update_view: Warning: View pname does not exist: defaria View pnames should be UNC names that lead to the top of the view For example: //sons-clearcase/Views/<viewname> Finally I received an email from cron that stated simply "/tmp/update_view: not found". So then, how does one set up cron such that one can use it to run scripts? -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
