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Date:  Sat, 19 Jul 2008 18:12:58 -0500
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r wrote:

> I'm trying to use cron, I created a file called backup_cygwin
>=20
> 59 18 * * 6 /bin/backup_cygwin.sh=20
> 00 27 20 7 * /bin/prova.sh
>=20
> and I put it in /var/cron/tabs/

Wrong place!

> then I create prova.sh as follow

Wrong sequence... first create the script, then install it in cron.

> SHELL=3D/bin/sh=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=
=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20
>=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=
=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=
=20=20=20=20
> touch /home/Proprietario/prova_cron=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=
=20=20=20=20=20
> echo 'cron funziona' > /home/Proprietario/prova_cron
>=20
> I started cron ( with "cron-config" command, ( is it possible=20
> to configure it to start at win boot ? ))

Cron-config did that.

> but at 00.27 nothing appened. Did I make something wrong ?

You didn't learn to use cron:

man crontab

less /usr/share/doc/Cygwin/cron-4.1-6.README
--=20
Ren=E9 Berber


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