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Re: 'cron' fails to stop
Jerry D. Hedden wrote:
>> Jerry D. Hedden wrote:
>>> I have installed 'cron' as a service using the following:
>>> cygrunsrv -I cron -d "CYGWIN cron" -p /usr/sbin/cron -a -D -e
>>> "CYGWIN=server ntsec tty" -i
>
> René Berber replied:
>> First mistake, you should have read /usr/share/doc/Cygwin/cron.README and,
>> following those instructions, used cron-config.
>
> Interesting clue. 'cron-config' installs 'cron' without the -i flag.
> However, I need the -i flag for some of my cron jobs.
> If I install cron without -i, it stops using: cygrunsrv -E cron
> If I install cron with -i, it fails to stop. Why won't it stop if -i is
> present?
OK, I missed that too.
I don't know why cygrunsrv can't stop it, perhaps needs --termsig set, like the
postgresql example.
--
René Berber
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