Re: problem of cron in cygwin xp

[Chunyu Liu <cliu at yoda dot bsd dot uchicago dot edu>]

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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