At 01:47 PM 11/19/2003, Tim Ashman you wrote: >I am having trouble with the Cron utility. I have written a fairly simple bash script >that runs successfully on its own but does not work with crontab. I am working on a >Windows 2K machine. I tried running a simlilar crontab on a linux machine and it >worked fine. Two crontabs I have tried out: > >39 10 * * * ./test.txt >39 10 * * * /usr/bin/test.txt > >No error messages are generated. Nothing at all happens when the crontab run time >occurs. I've tried different crontab settings and have searched for a similar problem >on the mailing list, but have had no luck.
Really. I thought the email archives were literally full of references to threads on cron. First, I'm going to direct you to <http://cygwin.com/problems.html>. Providing good, accurate information about the problem, your system's configuration, and the process you followed for setting up the service (applicable in the case of cron) is always good form. But with the information you've provided, I'll make the WAG that you installed Cygwin as "Just for Me", which doesn't work if you want to run services. Either reinstall or look at "man mount" to figure out how to change your mount points from 'user' to 'system'. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 838 Washington Street (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 -- 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/