linux1974 wrote: > How do you set up cronjobs with cygwin? If I want to run a script that uses > sed ( does thet standard sed that comes with cygwin supports /s /g etc > commands to manipulate a string or do I need to upgrade sed? ) > and gets an input file from a windows directory and output a new file on > that directory? > Tried to look for crontab but couldn't find.
Editing the crontab is exactly as you would on linux, type "crontab -e" and edit with whatever editor you've set EDITOR to. When you save, it will be installed. Type "man 5 crontab" for details. Remember to use POSIX paths, not windows paths in your cron jobs. You of course need to install the cron package, I hope that goes without saying. To install the cron daemon itself (as a service) you need to run cron-config. Cygwin includes GNU sed, same as on linux. But then again I don't know that a sed exists that doesn't support basic regular expression functions. Brian -- 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/
