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Re: problem of cron in cygwin xp
Chunyu,
Does the Windows event log contain any clues?
Cron from the command line wouldn't start a service -- it'll start the
application itself... Which should be enough to ascertain whether your
crontab works.
The instructions for getting a system-owned shell can easily be found by
searching Google for "system-owned shell cygwin".
Igor
On Tue, 30 Sep 2003, Chunyu Liu wrote:
Igor,
Thank you for the help.
I tried to follow your instruction, but no luck to get it work.
1. cron_diagnosis.sh does not find any problem.
2. the cygcheck is attached.
3. The only error message I got is:
$ cygrunsrv --start cron
cygrunsrv: Error starting a service: QueryServiceStatus: Win32 error 1062:
The service has not been started.
4. cron.log is fine.
[1732] cron started
[1652] cron started
[1920] cron started
[3668] cron started
[264] cron started
[3668] cron started
[2284] cron started
5. cron from the command line looks fine, does not report any error,
but does not start the service either.
6. How to get the SYSTEM-owned shell?
I've spent hours trying to find the answer to all the problems in the
sea of questions & answers, and can't make it.
It's really a headache.
Chunyu
Igor Pechtchanski wrote:
>Chunyu,
>
>Please do not send Cygwin questions in personal mail unless specifically
>requested. All discussion of cygwin-related topics should happen on the
>Cygwin list unless specifically requested otherwise. One of the benefits
>is that the discussion ends up in the list archives. Another is that you
>have access to the expertise of many people instead of just one.
>
>For your convenience, I'm redirecting this query to the Cygwin list. More
>replies below.
>
>On Mon, 29 Sep 2003, Chunyu Liu wrote:
>
>
>
>>Dear Igor Pechtchanski,
>>
>>I noticed that you've been trying discussed this problem in the forum.
>>But I don't know whether you had the conclusion on this.
>>Would you mind helping me?
>>
>>I have tried
>>cygrunsrv -I cron -p /usr/sbin/cron -a -D
>>cygrunsrv -S cron
>>
>>and set /var/run/cron.pid to a+rw,
>>
>>At the "-S cron" step, I can even see the new record in the log file at
>>/var/log, saying
>>[1652] cron started
>>But cygwin pompts:
>>"cygrunsrv: Error starting a service: QueryServiceStatus: Win32 error 1062:
>>The service has not been started."
>>
>>And "ps" does not show job of cron running. The cron does not do any
>>scheduled work either.
>>
>>I checked Windows Services control panel, the cron is associated with
>>cygrunsrv there. But whenever it's "started", it stopped immediately.
>>
>>Any help would be greatly appreciated!
>>Chunyu Liu
>>
>>
>
>Is there any information in the log on why the cron program couldn't run?
>Can you run cron from the command line? ...From a SYSTEM-owned shell?
>Did you search the list archives for a similar problem? Did you run Mark
>Harig's "cron_diagnose.sh"?
>
>Also, please read and follow the Cygwin problem reporting guidelines at
><http://cygwin.com/problems.html>.
> Igor
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