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Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2002 09:55:01 +0200
From: Corinna Vinschen <corinna-cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
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Subject: Re: cron / crontab -e
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On Mon, Jun 24, 2002 at 08:06:10PM -0400, Arthur Taylor wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I am trying to set up cron on a Win 2k machine.  I used setup to install
> cron today, and I am attempting to use crontab -e to create a crontab
> file in /var/cron/tabs
> 
> I go ahead, edit the file, and when I save I get:
> 
> crontab: installing new crontab
> chown: Invalid argument
> crontab: edits left in /tmp/crontab.840
> 
> Does anyone have an idea as to what invalid argument chown is getting?

Yeah, I have an idea but it's validity depends on the version of
Cygwin you're using.  Are you using 1.3.11?  If so, could you try
the same with 1.3.10?  I guess it works there since the problem
is an error in the uid handling in 1.3.11's chown, AFAICS.

Corinna

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