RE: problem of cron in cygwin xp, final solution!

2003-10-01 Thread Harig, Mark
Maybe such things should be added to Mark Harig's cron_diagnose.sh? To make the life easier for the other followers: 1. Need to set the mode of cygwin1.dll $ chmod +x /bin/cygwin1.dll This is a more general problem than a problem with cron's many files. A sanity check for cygwin

Re: problem of cron in cygwin xp, final solution!

2003-09-30 Thread Chunyu Liu
Igor, This link you gave me is the final solution. I experienced exactly the same problem as Andrew described. To make the life easier for the other followers: 1. Need to set the mode of cygwin1.dll $ chmod +x /bin/cygwin1.dll 2. Need to create another directory $ mkdir /etc/cron.d Also make

Re: problem of cron in cygwin xp, final solution!

2003-09-30 Thread Igor Pechtchanski
Chunyu, Just to close on the at issue. You were getting invalid command because you needed to put the time *before* the /interactive. Another problem was that you needed to add the .exe to bash. So, a command that just worked for me (from bash) was: at 14:51 /interactive

Re: problem of cron in cygwin xp, final solution!

2003-09-30 Thread Chunyu Liu
Igor, Thank you for giving me the final solution for this problem too. Yes. It works now. I appreciate all the help. Chunyu Igor Pechtchanski wrote: Chunyu, Just to close on the at issue. You were getting invalid command because you needed to put the time *before* the /interactive. Another

Re: problem of cron in cygwin xp, final solution!

2003-09-30 Thread Andrew DeFaria
Chunyu Liu wrote: Igor, This link you gave me is the final solution. I experienced exactly the same problem as Andrew described. BTDT! Glad my troubles helped you get cron working. To make the life easier for the other followers: 1. Need to set the mode of cygwin1.dll $ chmod +x