Please run the attached script. It will attempt to diagnose your problem with cron.
It will not modify any files on your computer. You might need to run the script several times. Each time that it finds a problem, it stops and displays a descriptive message. > -----Original Message----- > From: Tim [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, June 20, 2003 10:35 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Problem with cron! > > > hi, > > i'm having a bit of truble with cron. > i have just installed a fresh cygwin on a win2k box. > first i create the following crontab > --cut-- > # DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE - edit the master and reinstall. > # (/tmp/crontab.1244 installed on Fri Jun 20 16:27:11 2003) > # (Cron version -- $Id: crontab.c,v 1.7 2003/04/15 15:13:41 > corinna Exp $) > 0 0 * * * Tim echo "hello" > --cut-- > > then run cron (/usr/sbin/cron) > > if i do a ps i get the following: > > PID PPID PGID WINPID TTY UID STIME COMMAND > 464 1 464 464 con 1002 16:23:32 /usr/bin/bash > 244 1 244 244 ? 1002 16:27:25 /usr/sbin/cron > 1188 464 1188 1512 con 1002 16:33:39 /usr/bin/ps > > but nothing else seems to happen! > > i know this is a realy stupid question for this list, but i > realy have no idea what to do. > > Thanks for taking the time to read this and have a nice day > > Tim > > -- > 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/ > >
cron_diagnose.sh
Description: cron_diagnose.sh
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