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Subject: RE: Cron under Cygwin/Windows XP
Date: Mon, 8 Nov 2004 09:51:55 +0100
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cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com wrote:
> Hi.
> I'm attempting to run:
> 
> $ crontab -l
> # DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE - edit the master and reinstall.
> # (cron/myCron installed on Fri Nov  5 14:08:06 2004)
> # (Cron version -- $Id: crontab.c,v 1.7 2003/04/15 15:13:41 corinna
> Exp $) * * * * * echo 'Boo from cron'
> 
> but it doesn't run...

Just out of curiosity, how do You know it doesn't run?

I would try something like "date >> /tmp/cron.test" and have a look into that file.

  matthias




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