Re: Cron jobs don't run
On Mon, 01 Nov 2010 21:14:38 -0400
Pierre A. Humblet pierre.humb...@ieee.org wrote:
At 04:59 PM 11/1/2010, Janos Dohanics wrote:
I'm trying to set up cron jobs in a new cygwin installation. The cron
service is running, but jobs are not executed.
I ran cron_diagnose.sh which says The SYSTEM user cannot access the
mount point /usr/bin. mount shows:
On cygwin 1.5:
C:~: fgrep -1 'access' /bin/cron_diagnose.sh | fgrep cannot
echo The SYSTEM user cannot access the mount point
${mnt_point}. On cygwin 1.7
C:~: fgrep -1 'access' /bin/cron_diagnose.sh | fgrep cannot
So you are using an old version of cron_diagnose.
To debug, start with a crontab that executes a simple
command such as date /tmp/cron.out every minute.
You can use cronevents to view the log.
If you need more help, run cronbug and send it as an attachment.
Pierre
Pierre,
Thank you for your help.
Before I had the chance to read your e-mail though, I have reinstalled
cygwin and cron works now.
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Cron jobs don't run
I'm trying to set up cron jobs in a new cygwin installation. The cron service is running, but jobs are not executed. I ran cron_diagnose.sh which says The SYSTEM user cannot access the mount point /usr/bin. mount shows: $ mount C:/cygwin/bin on /usr/bin type ntfs (binary,auto) C:/cygwin/lib on /usr/lib type ntfs (binary,auto) C:/cygwin on / type ntfs (binary,auto) C: on /cygdrive/c type ntfs (binary,posix=0,user,noumount,auto) D: on /cygdrive/d type ntfs (binary,posix=0,user,noumount,auto) Z: on /cygdrive/z type ntfs (binary,posix=0,user,noumount,auto) However, cygcheck shows: C:\cygwin/ system binary,auto C:\cygwin\bin/usr/bin system binary,auto C:\cygwin\lib/usr/lib system binary,auto cygdrive prefix /cygdrive userbinary,auto cron_diagnose.sh suggest mount -f -s -b [DOS path to Cygwin]/bin /usr/bin, but I guess the -s and -b switches are not supported by mount (the man page doesn't mention them) and mount -f c:/cygwin/bin /usr/bin mount: /usr/bin: Operation not permitted. How do I fix this problem? I have attached cygcheck.out -- Janos Dohanics cygcheck.out Description: Binary data -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
Re: Cron jobs don't run
At 04:59 PM 11/1/2010, Janos Dohanics wrote:
I'm trying to set up cron jobs in a new cygwin installation. The cron
service is running, but jobs are not executed.
I ran cron_diagnose.sh which says The SYSTEM user cannot access the
mount point /usr/bin. mount shows:
On cygwin 1.5:
C:~: fgrep -1 'access' /bin/cron_diagnose.sh | fgrep cannot
echo The SYSTEM user cannot access the mount point ${mnt_point}.
On cygwin 1.7
C:~: fgrep -1 'access' /bin/cron_diagnose.sh | fgrep cannot
So you are using an old version of cron_diagnose.
To debug, start with a crontab that executes a simple
command such as date /tmp/cron.out every minute.
You can use cronevents to view the log.
If you need more help, run cronbug and send it as an attachment.
Pierre
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