You need to install cron as a service. This is explained in the cron
readme.
----- Original Message -----
From: <roypgsqlcygwin@xemaps.com>
To: <pgsql-cygwin@postgresql.org>
Sent: Friday, September 21, 2001 10:48 AM
Subject: [CYGWIN]
> Jason,
>
> Okay, updated my cygwin, but now what? I did a crontab -e and added this
line:
> * * * * * /usr/bin/date >> /home/myuser/blah.txt
>
> saved and quit
>
> and nothing is happening. I've looked at the user manual and faq for
cygwin and also searched google and I can't find a damn thing about it.
What am I missing?
>
> BTW, does cygwin itself run as some background application (service) in
NT?
>
> Thanx.
>
> Roy.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Jason Tishler [mailto:jason@tishler.net]
> >
> > Yes, see the following:
> >
> > http://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-announce/2001/msg00117.html
> >
> > Jason
> >
>
>
>
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