On Tue, Jun 03, 2003 at 06:44:19PM +0200, Ronald Landheer-Cieslak wrote: > On Tue, 3 Jun 2003, Ronald Landheer-Cieslak wrote: > > On Tue, 3 Jun 2003, Corinna Vinschen wrote: > > > On Tue, Jun 03, 2003 at 10:31:05AM +0200, Ronald Landheer-Cieslak wrote: > > > > I've "developed" an insignificant patch to cron (attached) that makes > > > > cron detach from the console before forking out (under Cygwin only). > > > > The patch is against the current release's source and WFM. > > > Did you try a recent developers snapshot? This should be accomplished > > > by the setsid call in the child (right after fork). > > Assuming you mean a Cygwin snapshot, I hadn't though it was a Cygwin > > problem so I haven't tried a snapshot, no, but come to think of it, the > > daemonizing cron does should detach it from the console ... > > > > (running chin ... lol ... slap forehead) > > > > I'll reinstall the unpatched cron, download the snapshot and give it a go. > > I'll let you know. > Nope.. > > I've just rebooted with the latest snapshot and have a cron window hanging > around. Cygcheck output is attached..
Does it help to set CYGWIN=notty before starting cron? Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Developer mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Red Hat, Inc. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
