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From: "Chuck Hamilton" <chuckh AT softhome DOT net>
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Subject: Re: crontab error
Date: Fri, 23 May 2003 13:34:02 -0400
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Sooo, how do I get "snapshots". I searched the package library and found
nothing. I am using the most recent cywin DLL - version 1.3.22-1.

$ uname -a
CYGWIN_NT-5.0 QSD052234 1.3.22(0.78/3/2) 2003-03-18 09:20 i686 unknown
unknown Cygwin

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Larry Hall" <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
To: <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
Cc: "Chuck Hamilton" <chuckh AT softhome DOT net>
Sent: Friday, May 23, 2003 10:56 AM
Subject: Re: crontab error


> It would also answer the question of whether or not his Cygwin DLL
> is out of date.  I would've sworn I posted this link to another like
> query but I can't find it.  Anyway, during a recent psychic trance
> <mystical music seeps into the background>, I've been able to devine
> the problem and thus post this link as the answer:
>
> <http://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2002-06/msg01402.html>
>
> There.  Now we don't need the cygcheck output.  But boy do those
> psychic trances take allot out of you!  Please don't make me do this
> all the time.
>
> Larry
>
>
> Igor Pechtchanski wrote:
> > Chuck,
> >
> > Are your /etc/passwd and /etc/group files up to date?  The output of
> > "cygcheck -svr" (*attached*, as per <http://cygwin.com/problems.html>)
> > should show whether this is the case.
> > Igor
> >
> > On Fri, 23 May 2003, Chuck Hamilton wrote:
> >
> >
> >>Didn't even know I was addressing a mailing list. I posted originally to
a
> >>newsgroup. Anyway, here's the output.
> >>
> >>$ crontab -l
> >>no crontab for isscha
> >>
> >>As I said in a previous post I haven't been able to create a crontab.
When I
> >>try I get a permissions error. See below.
> >>
> >>$ cat /tmp/crontab.1448
> >>50 8 * * * ~isscha/bin/test.sh
> >>
> >>$ crontab /tmp/crontab.1448
> >>chown: Invalid argument
> >>$
> >>
> >>
> >>----- Original Message -----
> >>From: Harig, Mark A.
> >>To: Chuck Hamilton
> >>Cc: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
> >>Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2003 3:43 PM
> >>Subject: RE: crontab error
> >>
> >>
> >>Please address all replies to cygwin AT cygwin DOT com.
> >>
> >>Please send to the mailing list the following as attachments:
> >>
> >>1. The output of 'crontab -l' ("ell", not "one")
> >>
> >>2. The output of 'cygcheck -srv > cygcheck.txt'
> >>
> >>This information will help readers of the mailing list to
> >>diagnose the problem that you are having.
> >>-----Original Message-----
> >>From: Chuck Hamilton [mailto:chuckh AT softhome DOT net]
> >>Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2003 3:13 PM
> >>To: Harig, Mark
> >>Subject: Re: crontab error
> >>
> >>
> >>Here's what I get...
> >>
> >>Your computer does not appear to have a crontab for isscha.
> >>Please generate a crontab for isscha using 'crontab -e',
> >>and run this script again.
> >>
> >>So I again try to generate a crontab with just a comment line in it and
get
> >>this...
> >>
> >>$ crontab -e
> >>crontab: installing new crontab
> >>chown: Invalid argument
> >>crontab: edits left in /tmp/crontab.1660
> >>
> >>
> >>----- Original Message -----
> >>From: "Harig, Mark A." <maharig AT idirect DOT net>
> >>To: "Chuck" <chuckh AT softhome DOT net>; <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
> >>Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2003 12:06 PM
> >>Subject: RE: crontab error
> >>
> >>
> >>Please run the attached script.
> >>It will check some file permissions
> >>and other details that need to be
> >>set up properly in order for cron to
> >>work.  It does NOT change anything
> >>on your computer, but only diagnoses.
> >>You may need to run it several times
> >>until it completes successfully (it
> >>will stop any time it finds a problem
> >>and report to you what problem needs
> >>to be corrected).
> >>
> >>
> >>>-----Original Message-----
> >>>From: Chuck [mailto:chuckh AT softhome DOT net]
> >>>Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2003 9:27 AM
> >>>To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
> >>>Subject: crontab error
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>I need a little help getting cron to work. My apologies if
> >>>this is answered
> >>>somewhere else but I haven't been able to find it.
> >>>
> >>>I've installed cron as a win2k service using "cygrunsrv -I cron -p
> >>>/usr/sbin/cron -a -D -d "Cygwin cron" -e "CYGWIN=tty ntsec" "
> >>>as suggested
> >>>in another post. When I try to start the service I get "Could
> >>>not start the
> >>>cygwin cron service on local computer. The service did not
> >>>return an error.
> >>>This could be an internal Windows error or an internal service error."
> >>>
> >>>When I try to create a crontab file with "crontab -e" and
> >>>save it I get the
> >>>following error "chown: Invalid argument".
> >>>
> >>>What do I need to do to fix these?
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> >>
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> >
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>
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