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RE: Confused about several issues with setting up cron
- From: "KARR, DAVID" <dk068x at att dot com>
- To: "'cygwin at cygwin dot com'" <cygwin at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2013 15:04:40 +0000
- Subject: RE: Confused about several issues with setting up cron
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: KARR, DAVID
> Sent: Sunday, September 22, 2013 2:32 PM
> Subject: RE: Confused about several issues with setting up cron
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > Sent: Sunday, September 22, 2013 12:46 PM
> > Subject: Re: Confused about several issues with setting up cron
> >
> > On 09/22/2013 05:56 PM, bartels wrote:
> > > On 09/22/2013 03:00 AM, KARR, DAVID wrote:
> > >> CYGWIN_NT-6.1 1.7.25(0.270/5/3) 2013-08-31 20:39 i686 Cygwin
> > >>
> > >> I want to set up a cron job, so I have to get cron configured. I'm
> trying
> > to follow the instructions I can find, but I'm seeing several issues.
> > >>
> > >> I'm surprised that there's nothing in the user guide or the FAQ about
> > setting up cron. I had to settle for the various questions about this
> > >> on StackOverflow and others.
> > >
> > >>> I want to set up a cron job, so I have to get cron configured. I'm
> > trying
> > >> to follow the instructions I can find, but I'm seeing several issues.
> > >>> I'm surprised that there's nothing in the user guide or the FAQ about
> > >> setting up cron. I had to settle for the various questions about this
> on
> > >> StackOverflow and others.
> > >>
> > >> Must say your reporting of events is also lacking crucial elements
> > >> If you re-install and give me more details, then I will try and answer
> > your
> > >> questions.
> > > Ok. I assume you mean re-installing cron, not Cygwin.
> > Yes, cron-config is what I meant.
> > >
> > > I followed the process described in the FAQ for removing a service. I
> > then ran cron-config again. When I did this before, I selected to run
> > cron as myself. I decided to make it run as the local system account this
> > time (first running "passwd -R" and entering my password). It
> > appeared to complete without errors or warnings. I did this in a "run as
> > administrator" window.
> > >
> > > In a normal window, I then ran "crontab -e". I figured this would put
> me
> > into "vi" with an empty buffer. It just returned to the prompt.
> > You should see a vi session.
> > Do you have vi installed?
> > What is the value of EDITOR?
>
> Yes, I have vi installed. EDITOR was blank, but I tried setting it to "vi"
> and repeating the test, with no change.
>
> > This could indicate a deeper problem, confusing not just cron.
> >
> > > I then ran "crontab crontab" (the "crontab" file in my current directory
> > is the file with the one job I want to run), and then did "crontab
> > -l". Nothing.
> >
> > Are you familiar with the crontab format? If not, try this:
> > $ man 5 crontab
>
> Yes, I am familiar with it, but here's the crontab I'm trying to set, in any
> case:
>
> 0 * * * * monitorDataSource
>
> > >
> > > I then went back to the administrator window. I ran "cronevents". This
> > didn't show anything more than the cron service being started. I
> > then ran "cronbug". I'm attaching the gzipped copy of this.
> > >
> > You will have more luck running cron 'as yourself': it is straightforward.
> > Running it as a privileged user is more complicated.
> >
> > Is there a specific reason why you want to run it as system?
>
> No, only because running it as myself didn't work.
>
> In any case, I tried stopping and removing the service and rerunning cron-
> config, running the service as myself. It didn't make any difference. No
> response from "crontab -e", and "crontab crontab" seemingly ignored. Nothing
> in "/var/log/cron.log", and nothing in "cronevents" except for the service
> stopping and starting.
Any more ideas about this?
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