Ugh, top-posting. Reformatted. On Fri, 22 Jul 2005, Ruzomberka, Mark wrote:
> -----Original Message----- > Sent: Friday, July 22, 2005 11:12 AM > From: Igor Pechtchanski [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#PCYMTNQREAIYR>. Thanks. > > On Fri, 22 Jul 2005, Ruzomberka, Mark wrote: > > > > > [snip] > > > I have checked my crontab file: > > > > > > [mark/tmp]:>crontab -l > > > # DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE - edit the master and reinstall. > > > # (/tmp/mruzomberka installed on Thu Jul 21 17:16:16 2005) > > > # (Cron version -- $Id: crontab.c,v 1.8 2004/12/21 16:14:41 corinna Exp $) > > > 0 * * * * echo "WAKE UP" 2>&1 /dev/console > > > 10 * * * * echo "WAKE UP" 2>&1 /dev/console > > > 20 * * * * echo "WAKE UP" 2>&1 /dev/console > > > 30 * * * * echo "WAKE UP" 2>&1 /dev/console > > > 35 * * * * echo "WAKE UP" 2>&1 /dev/console > > > 40 * * * * echo "WAKE UP" 2>&1 /dev/console > > > 50 * * * * echo "WAKE UP" 2>&1 /dev/console > > ^^ > > Someone else already noticed this, so I won't comment. > > > > > * * * * * date >> /tmp/date.txt[mark/tmp]:> > > ^^^^ > > It's also a good idea to use full paths to utilities, as /bin (/usr/bin) > > may not be in the PATH. Try changing this to /usr/bin/date. > > HTH, > > Igor > > Wow! thanks for the quick response....but....no luck yet > > Here is my latest crontab file: > > [mark/tmp]:>crontab -l > # DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE - edit the master and reinstall. > # (/tmp/mruzomberka installed on Fri Jul 22 12:38:18 2005) > # (Cron version -- $Id: crontab.c,v 1.8 2004/12/21 16:14:41 corinna Exp $) > 0 * * * * echo "WAKE UP" 2>&1 >/dev/console > 10 * * * * echo "WAKE UP" 2>&1 >/dev/console > 20 * * * * echo "WAKE UP" 2>&1 >/dev/console > 30 * * * * echo "WAKE UP" 2>&1 >/dev/console > 35 * * * * echo "WAKE UP" 2>&1 >/dev/console > 40 * * * * echo "WAKE UP" 2>&1 >/dev/console > 50 * * * * echo "WAKE UP" 2>&1 >/dev/console > * * * * * /usr/bin/date >> /tmp/date.txt > > I made the 3 changes suggested: > 1. Added the > in front of /dev/console > 2. Added a new line at the end of the file > 3. Added explict path to date > > However, no luck yet on cron executing any of these jobs. > > Here is the output of my cron.log file as requested: > > [mark/tmp]:>less /var/log/cron.log > [mark/tmp]:>ps -a > PID PPID PGID WINPID TTY UID STIME COMMAND > 1592 1 1592 1592 ? 18 09:38:36 /bin/cygrunsrv > 1708 1592 1708 1780 ? 18 09:38:36 /usr/sbin/cron > 2668 1 2668 2668 con 17205 09:50:22 /bin/bash > 2432 2668 2432 3260 con 17205 12:40:10 /bin/ps > [mark/tmp]:>less /var/log/cron.log > [2244] cron started > [2544] cron started > [1708] cron started > > I can see that process 1708 is started, and no errors are reported in > the log? Did you see my earlier response in which I suggested looking at the Windows Event log (<http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2005-07/msg01021.html>)? > Do I need to have the file date.txt already created? or will cron create > the file for me? If /tmp is writable, it should have no problem creating the file. BTW, here's what I think is your problem: from the attached cygcheck.out: Not Found: sh Your bash postinstall script didn't complete. Please stop all Cygwin processes (including cron) and reinstall the bash package. Reboot if setup asks you to. Igor -- http://cs.nyu.edu/~pechtcha/ |\ _,,,---,,_ [EMAIL PROTECTED] ZZZzz /,`.-'`' -. ;-;;,_ [EMAIL PROTECTED] |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-' Igor Pechtchanski, Ph.D. '---''(_/--' `-'\_) fL a.k.a JaguaR-R-R-r-r-r-.-.-. Meow! If there's any real truth it's that the entire multidimensional infinity of the Universe is almost certainly being run by a bunch of maniacs. /DA -- 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/
