Cron execution
Larry Hall (Cygwin)
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Mon May 15 22:24:00 GMT 2006
Nelson Pereira wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I edited a users crontab, although I donât understand why it's not
> executing...
>
> The crontab has an entry to backup every hour, yet the cronjob does not
> seem to get called.
>
> Can someone explain to me what im missing?
Here's one thing:
> Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html
> Do I have to call it from the windows scheduler?
Certainly not. Try executing something simple like:
* * * * * /bin/echo hello >/tmp/hi
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