Thanks for the info, unfortunately it did not solve all my problems. I am still getting the following error at the command prompt when I try and start cron:
Cygrunsrv: Error starting a service: QueryServiceStatus: Win32 error 1062: The service has not been started. And the following two enteries are made in the Event log: Event Type: Error Event Source: cron Event Category: None Event ID: 0 Date: 6/27/2003 Time: 11:28:41 AM User: NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM Computer: LONEWOLF Description: The description for Event ID ( 0 ) in Source ( cron ) cannot be found. The local computer may not have the necessary registry information or message DLL files to display messages from a remote computer. You may be able to use the /AUXSOURCE= flag to retrieve this description; see Help and Support for details. The following information is part of the event: cron : PID 3064 : starting service `cron' failed: execv: 255, error 255. Event Type: Information Event Source: cron Event Category: None Event ID: 0 Date: 6/27/2003 Time: 11:28:41 AM User: NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM Computer: LONEWOLF Description: The description for Event ID ( 0 ) in Source ( cron ) cannot be found. The local computer may not have the necessary registry information or message DLL files to display messages from a remote computer. You may be able to use the /AUXSOURCE= flag to retrieve this description; see Help and Support for details. The following information is part of the event: cron : PID 3064 : `cron' service stopped. Thanks in advance. -----Original Message----- From: Harig, Mark [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2003 11:12 PM To: Jarrod Hermer; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Problems with cron About your crontab file: * * * * root echo "Hello World!" 1. 'root' is not a valid value for the fifth field, which should be the day of the week. Possible values: '*', 0-7 (Sunday is 0 or 7), or use names of days. More details can be read in the manual page for crontab. Enter 'man 5 crontab' at the bash prompt. 2. Redirect the output of 'echo' to a file. Output that is not sent to a file is sent by email to the user. This is likely not configured properly yet on your machine and so the "Hello World!" string is simply lost. Try: * * * * * echo "hello world" > /tmp/hello.txt or * * * * * /usr/bin/date > /tmp/date.txt or, to get a list of the environment that your crontab knows about: * * * * * /usr/bin/env > /tmp/env.txt > -----Original Message----- > From: Jarrod Hermer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2003 11:37 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Problems with cron > > > Hi, > > I have scoured the net, run cron_diagnose.sh (no reported errors) and > followed every suggestion I could find. Yet I cannot get cron to work. > > At the prompt I get the following error: > > Cygrunsrv: Error starting a service: QueryServiceStatus: Win32 error > 1062: The service has not been started. > > The Event Logs say that crontab as well as cron could not be found. > Attached are the requested files. > > Please bear in mind that I am a TOTAL Linux/Unix novice, so > apologies if > it is an obvious problem. > > Any help would be appreciated. > Regards, > Jarrod > -- 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/
