I am using cygwin version 1.1.8 as follows: /home/graman > uname -a CYGWIN_NT-4.0 ALA-YAZ 1.1.8(0.34/3/2) 2001-01-31 10:08 i686 unknown I recently downloaded the cron binary and cygrunsrv binary on top of the existing version using the setup.exe. I am trying to setup the cron job for a nightly testing on Windows NT 4.0 service pack 5 I am not sure of the step to follow in the cygwin window. But As i am familiar in UNIX environment i tried the same with a sample cron file stored in my home /home/graman as follows * * * * * /usr/bin/date >> /tmp/date.txt Then I tried crontab Filename I am getting a error message as follows : "The Procedure entry point __progname could not be located in the dynamic link library cygwin1.dll" The I searched in google and cygwin mail archieve and came to know that if i have older version of dll then i should remove that. I tried that too and Still getting the same error message and Also I tried cygcheck -s -r -v option and it shows only one cygwin1.dll The o/p of cygcheck -s -r -v is as follows: Cygnus Win95/NT Configuration Diagnostics Current System Time: Thu Feb 13 17:21:46 2003 WinNT Ver 4.0 build 1381 Service Pack 5 Path: . . /usr/local/bin /usr/bin /bin /cygdrive/c/PROGRA~1/VISION~1/diab/4.4t/win32/bin /cygdrive/c/PROGRA~1/VISION~1/gui/com/WINDRI~1/lib /cygdrive/g/diab/4.4b/WIN32/bin /cygdrive/g/diab/4.3g/WIN32/bin /cygdrive/c/WINNT/system32 /cygdrive/c/WINNT /cygdrive/g/diab/4.4b/WIN32/bin /cygdrive/g/OSE/OSE4.1/WIN32/BIN /cygdrive/g/OSE/OSE4.1/WIN32/LIB /cygdrive/g/OSE/OSE4.1/SFK-WIN32/LIB /cygdrive/g/OSE/OSE4.1/SFK-WIN32/BSP-WIN32/LIB . /cygdrive/g/atria/bin "D /Program Files/Hummingbird/Connectivity/7.00/Accessories/" /cygdrive/c/diab/5.0a/WIN32/bin /cygdrive/z/qa/work/bin /cygdrive/z/qa/work/regression/bin /diab//WIN32/bin /cygdrive/d/Progra~1/Micros~1/Common/Tools/WinNT /cygdrive/d/Progra~1/Micros~1/Common/MSDev98/Bin /cygdrive/d/Progra~1/Micros~1/Common/Tools /cygdrive/d/Progra~1/Micros~1/VC98/bin /Program Files/InstallShield/InstallShield 5.5 Professional Edition/Prog ram /home/graman/bin /bin /usr/sbin g /cygwin/bin c /winnt/system32 c /winnt /cygdrive/z/qa/work/bin /cygdrive/z/qa/work/regression/bin /diab//WIN32/bin /cygdrive/d/Progra~1/Micros~1/Common/Tools/WinNT /cygdrive/d/Progra~1/Micros~1/Common/MSDev98/Bin /cygdrive/d/Progra~1/Micros~1/Common/Tools /cygdrive/d/Progra~1/Micros~1/VC98/bin /Program Files/InstallShield/InstallShield 5.5 Professional Edition/Prog ram SysDir: C:\WINNT\System32 WinDir: C:\WINNT PWD = `/home/graman' USER = `graman' MAKE_MODE = `UNIX' HOME = `/home/graman' NUMBER_OF_PROCESSORS = `1' PROMPT = `$P$G' LOGONSERVER = `\\ALA-BDC1' OS2LIBPATH = `C:\WINNT\system32\os2\dll;' COMSPEC = `C:\WINNT\system32\cmd.exe' SYSTEMDRIVE = `C:' HOSTNAME = `ALA-YAZ' PROCESSOR_REVISION = `0703' PATHEXT = `.COM;.EXE;.BAT;.CMD;.VBS;.VBE;.JS;.JSE;.WSF;.WSH' COMPUTERNAME = `ALA-YAZ' WINDIR = `C:\WINNT' USERPROFILE = `C:\WINNT\Profiles\graman' OSE_ROOT = `g:\OSE\OSE4.1\' PS1 = ``pwd` >' MSDEVPATH = `D:\Progra~1\Micros~1\Common\Tools\WinNT;D:\Progra~1\Micros~1\Common \MSDev98\Bin;D:\Progra~1\Micros~1\Common\Tools;D:\Progra~1\Micros~1\VC98\bin' HOMESHARE = `\\andes\users' PS2 = `>>> ' !G: = `G:\cygwin\bin' MACHTYPE = `i686-pc-cygwin' PROCESSOR_IDENTIFIER = `x86 Family 6 Model 7 Stepping 3, GenuineIntel' pWORK = `/cygdrive/z/qa/work' LM_LICENSE_FILE = `c:\50_license.dat;27000@delphi;7789@ultravox' WORK = `z:/qa/work' MSDEV = `D:\Progra~1\Micros~1\VC98' OS = `Windows_NT' OLDPWD = `/usr/bin' PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE = `x86' TEMP = `/cygdrive/c/TEMP' PROCESSOR_LEVEL = `6' SYSTEMROOT = `C:\WINNT' HOMEDRIVE = `U:' SHLVL = `1' HOMEPATH = `\graman' USERDOMAIN = `WRS-DOMAIN' USERNAME = `graman' SHELL = `/bin/bash' HOSTTYPE = `i686' CDPATH = `.:..:/home/graman' OSTYPE = `cygwin' TERM = `cygwin' _ = `/usr/bin/cygcheck' TZ = `PST8PDT7,M4.1.0/2,M10.5.0/2' HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cygnus Solutions HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\mounts v2 (default) = `/cygdrive' cygdrive flags = 0x00000020 HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\mounts v2\/ (default) = `g:\cygwin' flags = 0x00000000 HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\mounts v2\/cygdrive/z (default) = `z:' flags = 0x00000000 HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\mounts v2\/usr/bin (default) = `g:\cygwin\bin' flags = 0x00000000 HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\mounts v2\/usr/lib (default) = `g:\cygwin\lib' flags = 0x00000000 HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\mounts v2\/usr/sbin (default) = `g:\cygwin\sbin' flags = 0x00000000 HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\Program Options HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cygnus Solutions\CYGWIN.DLL setup HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cygnus Solutions\CYGWIN.DLL setup\b15.0 HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cygnus Solutions\CYGWIN.DLL setup\b15.0\mounts HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cygnus Solutions\CYGWIN.DLL setup\b15.0\mounts\00 (default) = `\\.\tape1:' unix = `/dev/st1' fbinary = 0x00000000 fsilent = 0x00000001 HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cygnus Solutions\CYGWIN.DLL setup\b15.0\mounts\01 (default) = `\\.\tape0:' unix = `/dev/st0' fbinary = 0x00000000 fsilent = 0x00000001 HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cygnus Solutions\CYGWIN.DLL setup\b15.0\mounts\02 (default) = `\\.\b:' unix = `/dev/fd1' fbinary = 0x00000000 fsilent = 0x00000001 HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cygnus Solutions\CYGWIN.DLL setup\b15.0\mounts\03 (default) = `\\.\a:' unix = `/dev/fd0' fbinary = 0x00000000 fsilent = 0x00000001 HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cygnus Solutions\CYGWIN.DLL setup\b15.0\mounts\04 (default) = `C:' unix = `/' fbinary = 0x00000000 fsilent = 0x00000000 HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\mounts v2 HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\Program Options HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\CYGWIN.DLL setup HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\CYGWIN.DLL setup\b15.0 HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\CYGWIN.DLL setup\b15.0\mounts HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\CYGWIN.DLL setup\b15.0\mounts\00 HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\CYGWIN.DLL setup\b15.0\mounts\01 HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\CYGWIN.DLL setup\b15.0\mounts\02 HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\CYGWIN.DLL setup\b15.0\mounts\03 HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\CYGWIN.DLL setup\b15.0\mounts\04 HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\CYGWIN.DLL setup\b15.0\mounts\05 HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\CYGWIN.DLL setup\b15.0\mounts\06 HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\CYGWIN.DLL setup\b15.0\mounts\07 HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\CYGWIN.DLL setup\b15.0\mounts\08 HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\CYGWIN.DLL setup\b15.0\mounts\09 HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\CYGWIN.DLL setup\b15.0\mounts\0A HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\CYGWIN.DLL setup\b15.0\mounts\0B HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\CYGWIN.DLL setup\b15.0\mounts\0C HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\CYGWIN.DLL setup\b15.0\mounts\0D HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\CYGWIN.DLL setup\b15.0\mounts\0E HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\CYGWIN.DLL setup\b15.0\mounts\0F HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\CYGWIN.DLL setup\b15.0\mounts\10 HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\CYGWIN.DLL setup\b15.0\mounts\11 HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\CYGWIN.DLL setup\b15.0\mounts\12 HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\CYGWIN.DLL setup\b15.0\mounts\13 HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\CYGWIN.DLL setup\b15.0\mounts\14 HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\CYGWIN.DLL setup\b15.0\mounts\15 HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\CYGWIN.DLL setup\b15.0\mounts\16 HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\CYGWIN.DLL setup\b15.0\mounts\17 HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\CYGWIN.DLL setup\b15.0\mounts\18 HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\CYGWIN.DLL setup\b15.0\mounts\19 HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\CYGWIN.DLL setup\b15.0\mounts\1A HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\CYGWIN.DLL setup\b15.0\mounts\1B HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\CYGWIN.DLL setup\b15.0\mounts\1C HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\CYGWIN.DLL setup\b15.0\mounts\1D a: fd N/A N/A c: hd NTFS 1027Mb 91% CP CS UN PA FC d: hd FAT 2047Mb 58% CP UN WIN98 e: hd NTFS 11436Mb 70% CP CS UN PA FC f: hd FAT 389Mb 1% CP UN SWAPFILE g: hd NTFS 7004Mb 86% CP CS UN PA FC h: cd N/A N/A i: cd N/A N/A k: net UNIXFS 50787Mb 94% CP CS PA arles m: net MVFS 1000Mb 50% CP CS CCase n: net MVFS 1000Mb 50% CP CS CCase u: net NTFS 138850Mb 99% CP CS UN PA FC y: net MVFS 1000Mb 50% CP CS CCase z: net UNIXFS 6985Mb 95% CP CS PA dylan g:\cygwin\sbin /usr/sbin user textmode g:\cygwin\bin /usr/bin user textmode g:\cygwin\lib /usr/lib user textmode g:\cygwin / user textmode z: /cygdrive/z user textmode Found: g:\cygwin\bin\bash.exe Found: g:\cygwin\bin\cat.exe Found: g:\cygwin\bin\cpp.exe Found: g:\cygwin\bin\find.exe Found: g:\cygwin\bin\gcc.exe Found: g:\cygwin\bin\gdb.exe Found: g:\cygwin\bin\ld.exe Found: g:\cygwin\bin\ls.exe Found: g:\cygwin\bin\make.exe Found: g:\cygwin\bin\sh.exe 56k 2000/12/03 g:\cygwin\bin\cygbz21.0.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygbz21.0.dll" v0.0 ts=2000/11/20 15:53 82k 2001/01/21 g:\cygwin\bin\cygform5.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygform5.dll" v0.0 ts=2001/1/21 12:39 18k 2000/10/23 g:\cygwin\bin\cyggdbm.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cyggdbm.dll" v0.0 ts=2000/10/22 19:26 17k 2001/01/07 g:\cygwin\bin\cyghistory4.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cyghistory4.dll" v0.0 ts=2001/1/6 20:34 14k 2000/10/23 g:\cygwin\bin\cygintl.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygintl.dll" v0.0 ts=2000/10/23 12:02 81k 2000/12/05 g:\cygwin\bin\cygitcl30.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygitcl30.dll" v0.0 ts=2000/11/25 17:43 35k 2000/12/05 g:\cygwin\bin\cygitk30.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygitk30.dll" v0.0 ts=2000/11/25 17:43 45k 2000/10/22 g:\cygwin\bin\cygjbig1.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygjbig1.dll" v0.0 ts=2000/10/22 16:06 119k 2000/10/22 g:\cygwin\bin\cygjpeg6b.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygjpeg6b.dll" v0.0 ts=2000/10/22 17:58 53k 2001/01/21 g:\cygwin\bin\cygmenu5.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygmenu5.dll" v0.0 ts=2001/1/21 12:39 414k 2001/01/21 g:\cygwin\bin\cygncurses++5.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygncurses++5.dll" v0.0 ts=2001/1/21 12:40 299k 2001/01/21 g:\cygwin\bin\cygncurses5.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygncurses5.dll" v0.0 ts=2001/1/21 12:38 34k 2001/01/21 g:\cygwin\bin\cygpanel5.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygpanel5.dll" v0.0 ts=2001/1/21 12:38 163k 2001/02/03 g:\cygwin\bin\cygpng2.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygpng2.dll" v0.0 ts=2001/2/3 13:21 108k 2001/01/07 g:\cygwin\bin\cygreadline4.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygreadline4.dll" v0.0 ts=2001/1/6 20:34 390k 2000/12/05 g:\cygwin\bin\cygtcl80.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygtcl80.dll" v0.0 ts=2000/11/25 17:39 5k 2000/12/05 g:\cygwin\bin\cygtclpip80.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 10k 2000/12/05 g:\cygwin\bin\cygtclreg80.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygtclreg80.dll" v0.0 ts=2000/11/25 17:39 243k 2000/10/23 g:\cygwin\bin\cygtiff3.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygtiff3.dll" v0.0 ts=2000/10/22 18:14 623k 2000/12/05 g:\cygwin\bin\cygtk80.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygtk80.dll" v0.0 ts=2000/11/25 17:43 41k 2000/11/20 g:\cygwin\bin\cygXpm-noX4.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygXpm-noX4.dll" v0.0 ts=2000/11/19 18:41 45k 2000/11/20 g:\cygwin\bin\cygXpm-X4.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygXpm-X4.dll" v0.0 ts=2000/11/19 18:45 49k 2001/02/03 g:\cygwin\bin\cygz.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygz.dll" v0.0 ts=2001/2/3 12:35 615k 2001/01/31 g:\cygwin\bin\cygwin1.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygwin1.dll" v0.0 ts=2001/1/31 7:08 Cygwin DLL version info: dll major: 1001 dll minor: 8 dll epoch: 19 dll bad signal mask: 19005 dll old termios: 5 dll malloc env: 28 api major: 0 api minor: 34 shared data: 3 dll identifier: cygwin1 mount registry: 2 cygnus registry name: Cygnus Solutions cygwin registry name: Cygwin program options name: Program Options cygwin mount registry name: mounts v2 cygdrive flags: cygdrive flags cygdrive prefix: cygdrive prefix cygdrive default prefix: build date: Wed Jan 31 10:08:38 EST 2001 shared id: cygwin1S3 Use -h to see help about each section I am not sure what is the problem. Any valuable input to suceed in setting up the cron job is most welcome. Thanks, Geetha