----- Original Message ----- From: "Reini Urban" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "russ" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, October 07, 2004 1:22 AM Subject: Re: cron doesnt run jobs (sometimes)!
> russ schrieb: > > > Hi there list! > > > > 1st off .im new to cygwin. > > > > i have built some scripts to do tape backups > > basically a find, then a cpio, then tar it to tape. > > > > it runs from the command line. > > > > it doesnt run from crontab, although from event viewer i see that cron ran. > > > > also i put another line in crontab to run ls -l >> /usr/tmp/test every > > minute. > > this works just fine!. > > > > ive lightly tapped all my scripts with chmod 777 still doesnt work! > > not the script! the data must be readable for SYSTEM. > > > btw its a win2k server (dc) > > > > > > any ideas? > > check if it runs under okay in a "sysbash" shell. must be the permissions. > > search the ml archives for "sysbash". still not a package > or run manually: > > at <soon> /interactive bash --login -i > > -- > Reini Urban > http://xarch.tu-graz.ac.at/home/rurban/ Ah! it seems to work now. fantastic! does anyone know how to get a system owned bash shell from an RDP session, i can only get one at the console. which is 300 miles away :-< Russ -- 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/
