Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com Message-ID: <002b01c1ae9e$18542cc0$0d00a8c0@mchasecompaq> From: "Michael A Chase" To: "Prakriteswar Santikary" Cc: "cygwin" References: <9BA5F91CE7E4D111829200A0C99B3782E4E616@BOSTONMAIL> Subject: Re: install 'cron' packages in cygwin Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2002 15:32:21 -0800 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Please continue with the list. I have CCed this response there. I am not familiar with cron, you should read the documentation that comes with it to see how to set it up. There should also be a lot in the mail list archive. I don't know why vim doesn't start for you. Please send the output of 'cygcheck -s' to the list so someone can see better what is happening. -- Mac :}) ** I normally forward private questions to the appropriate mail list. ** Ask Smarter: http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.htm Give a hobbit a fish and he eats fish for a day. Give a hobbit a ring and he eats fish for an age. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Prakriteswar Santikary" To: "'Michael A Chase'" Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2002 14:40 Subject: RE: install 'cron' packages in cygwin > I clicked 'Category' and chose admin to install cron. I also installed 'vim' > editor. The installation went on fine with no complain, but when I say vim > text.c at the $ prompt it says command not found. Also, I don't see any > /etc/cron directory for cron. Do I have to unpack the package and do > something with it ? -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/