Igor Pechtchanski wrote: > 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
I reinstalled bash and the date file is now being written. I think this solves my problems! Sorry about the PCYMTNQREAIYR newbie mistake,and top posting. I think I fixed Outlook so the problem will not happen again. Thanks Again! Mark -- 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/
