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Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2003 11:26:00 -0500
From: Chunyu Liu <cliu AT yoda DOT bsd DOT uchicago DOT edu>
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Subject: Re: problem of cron in cygwin xp
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Igor,

windows event log does contain something, but I can't understand them.
"The description for Event ID ( 0 ) in Source ( cron ) cannot be found. 
The local computer may not have the necessary registry information or 
message DLL files to display messages from a remote computer. You may be 
able to use the /AUXSOURCE= flag to retrieve this description; see Help 
and Support for details. The following information is part of the event: 
cron : PID 3248 : `cron' service stopped.".

I don't know how to search "at /interactive" on "cygwin.com".  In 
cygwin.com, no search engine is provided.

Chunyu


Igor Pechtchanski wrote:

> Chunyu,
>
> Does the Windows event log contain any clues?
>
> Cron from the command line wouldn't start a service -- it'll start the
> application itself...  Which should be enough to ascertain whether your
> crontab works.
>
> The instructions for getting a system-owned shell can easily be found by
> searching Google for "system-owned shell cygwin".
>     Igor
>
> On Tue, 30 Sep 2003, Chunyu Liu wrote:
>
>> Igor,
>>
>> Thank you for the help.
>>
>> I tried to follow your instruction, but no luck to get it work.
>> 1. cron_diagnosis.sh does not find any problem.
>> 2. the cygcheck is attached.
>> 3. The only error message I got is:
>>
>> $ cygrunsrv --start cron
>> cygrunsrv: Error starting a service: QueryServiceStatus:  Win32 error 
>> 1062:
>> The service has not been started.
>>
>> 4. cron.log is fine.
>>
>> [1732] cron started
>> [1652] cron started
>> [1920] cron started
>> [3668] cron started
>> [264] cron started
>> [3668] cron started
>> [2284] cron started
>>
>> 5. cron from the command line  looks fine, does not report any error,
>> but does not start the service either.
>>
>> 6. How to get the SYSTEM-owned shell?
>>
>> I've spent hours trying to find the answer to all the problems in the
>> sea of questions & answers, and can't make it.
>> It's really a headache.
>>
>> Chunyu
>>
>>
>>
>> Igor Pechtchanski wrote:
>>
>> >Chunyu,
>> >
>> >Please do not send Cygwin questions in personal mail unless 
>> specifically
>> >requested.  All discussion of cygwin-related topics should happen on 
>> the
>> >Cygwin list unless specifically requested otherwise.  One of the 
>> benefits
>> >is that the discussion ends up in the list archives.  Another is 
>> that you
>> >have access to the expertise of many people instead of just one.
>> >
>> >For your convenience, I'm redirecting this query to the Cygwin 
>> list.  More
>> >replies below.
>> >
>> >On Mon, 29 Sep 2003, Chunyu Liu wrote:
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >>Dear Igor Pechtchanski,
>> >>
>> >>I noticed that you've been trying discussed this problem in the forum.
>> >>But I don't know whether you had the conclusion on this.
>> >>Would you mind helping me?
>> >>
>> >>I have tried
>> >>cygrunsrv -I cron -p /usr/sbin/cron -a -D
>> >>cygrunsrv -S cron
>> >>
>> >>and set /var/run/cron.pid to a+rw,
>> >>
>> >>At the "-S cron" step, I can even see the new record in the log 
>> file at
>> >>/var/log, saying
>> >>[1652] cron started
>> >>But cygwin pompts:
>> >>"cygrunsrv: Error starting a service: QueryServiceStatus:  Win32 
>> error 1062:
>> >>The service has not been started."
>> >>
>> >>And "ps" does not show job of cron running. The cron does not do any
>> >>scheduled work either.
>> >>
>> >>I checked Windows Services control panel, the cron is associated with
>> >>cygrunsrv there. But whenever it's "started", it stopped immediately.
>> >>
>> >>Any help would be greatly appreciated!
>> >>Chunyu Liu
>> >>
>> >>
>> >
>> >Is there any information in the log on why the cron program couldn't 
>> run?
>> >Can you run cron from the command line?  ...From a SYSTEM-owned shell?
>> >Did you search the list archives for a similar problem?  Did you run 
>> Mark
>> >Harig's "cron_diagnose.sh"?
>> >
>> >Also, please read and follow the Cygwin problem reporting guidelines at
>> ><http://cygwin.com/problems.html>.
>> >       Igor
>
>


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