Hi all I like to use cron on an winnt server for automatisation purposes and got a problem with the cygdrive-prefix.
Mount says the following: $ mount E:\cygwin\bin on /usr/bin type system (binmode) E:\cygwin\lib on /usr/lib type system (binmode) E:\cygwin on / type system (binmode) c: on /c type user (binmode,noumount) e: on /e type user (binmode,noumount) f: on /f type user (binmode,noumount) g: on /g type user (binmode,noumount) h: on /h type user (binmode,noumount) z: on /z type user (binmode,noumount) Now I've added a cronjob like this (The path is valid) $ crontab -l * * * * * ls /g/Sicherungen/ -l after waiting a minute cron sends a mail with an error message ls: /g/Sicherungen/: No such file or directory Looking in the header of the mail shows, what goes wrong. The cygdrive prefix seems to be ignored in the PATH statement. (see below) Adding /cygdrive to the crontab works $ crontab -l * * * * * ls /cygdrive/g/Sicherungen/ -l Any idea, what is going wrong ? Ralf <snip> From: "U-DBSERVER1\Administrator" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Cron <Administrator@DBSERVER1> ls /g/Sicherungen/ -l X-Cron-Env: <COMPUTERNAME=DBSERVER1> X-Cron-Env: <COMSPEC=C:\WINNT\system32\cmd.exe> X-Cron-Env: <CYGWIN=tty ntsec> X-Cron-Env: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-Cron-Env: <NUMBER_OF_PROCESSORS=2> X-Cron-Env: <OS2LIBPATH=C:\WINNT\system32\os2\dll;> X-Cron-Env: <OS=Windows_NT> !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! X-Cron-Env: <PATH=/cygdrive/e/orant/bin:/cygdrive/c/WINNT/system32:/cygdrive/c/WINNT:/cygdri ve/c/Programme/PERC2/System:/cygdrive/c/PROGRA~1/ULTRAEDT:/bin> !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! X-Cron-Env: <PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE=x86> X-Cron-Env: <PROCESSOR_IDENTIFIER=x86 Family 6 Model 7 Stepping 3, GenuineIntel> X-Cron-Env: <PROCESSOR_LEVEL=6> X-Cron-Env: <PROCESSOR_REVISION=0703> X-Cron-Env: <PWRCHUTE=C:\Programme\Pwrchute> X-Cron-Env: <SYSTEMDRIVE=C:> X-Cron-Env: <SYSTEMROOT=C:\WINNT> X-Cron-Env: <TERM=cygwin> X-Cron-Env: <WINDIR=C:\WINNT> X-Cron-Env: <TZ= -1 -2,M3.5.0/2,M10.5.0/3> X-Cron-Env: <SHELL=/bin/sh> X-Cron-Env: <HOME=/home/Administrator> X-Cron-Env: <LOGNAME=Administrator> Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-RCPT-TO: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-UIDL: 245820428 Status: U Cygwin Package Information Package Version _update-info-dir 00037-1 ash 20020131-1 bash 2.05b-1 cron 3.0.1-7 crypt 1.0-1 cvs 1.11.0-1 cygipc 1.09-2 cygrunsrv 0.95-1 cygutils 1.1.2-1 cygwin 1.3.12-2 diff 1.0-1 diffutils 2.8.1-1 fileutils 4.1-1 findutils 4.1.7-4 gawk 3.0.4-1 gdbm 1.8.0-4 grep 2.5-1 groff 1.17.2-1 gzip 1.3.3-3 less 374-1 libiconv2 1.8-2 libintl 0.10.38-3 libintl1 0.10.40-1 libintl2 0.11.2-2 libncurses5 5.2-1 libncurses6 5.2-8 libpopt0 1.6.4-4 libreadline4 4.1-2 libreadline5 4.3-1 login 1.4-3 man 1.5g-2 mutt 1.4-1 ncurses 5.2-8 openssl 0.9.6d-1 pcre 3.7-1 popt 1.6.4-4 readline 4.3-1 sed 3.02-1 sh-utils 2.0-2 sharutils 4.2.1-2 ssmtp 2.38.7-3 tar 1.13.19-1 termcap 20020403-1 terminfo 5.2-3 texinfo 4.2-3 textutils 2.0.21-1 unzip 5.50-1 vim 6.1-2 which 1.5-1
