Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Message-ID: <3D18D5BE.6B16EAF7@noaa.gov> Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2002 16:42:38 -0400 From: "Arthur Taylor" Organization: DOC/NOAA/NWS - National Weather Service X-Sender: "Arthur.Taylor" X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: cron / crontab -e References: <3D17B3F2 DOT 1A0CF68E AT noaa DOT gov> <20020625095501 DOT R22705 AT cygbert DOT vinschen DOT de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sorry I didn't reply earlier, but I got inundated with the mail from the cygwin mailing list (there is a ton of it.) and then had to do actual work stuff... :-( :-) As far as version: I am using 1.3.11-3 (according to setup.exe) I am uncertain as to other means of determining that. I am going to attempt to get setup to install 1.3.10-1, and I shall see what happens... That worked great, thanks. $crontab -e crontab: installing new crontab Arthur Corinna Vinschen wrote: > 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 > > -- > Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to > Cygwin Developer mailto:cygwin AT cygwin DOT com > Red Hat, Inc. > > -- > 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/ -- 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/