cygrunsrv: trailing command line arguyments not allowed

[Eliot Moss]

On 4/20/2024 8:12 AM, enrique--- via Cygwin wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am trying to install a service manually in an attempt to understand why cron-config did not work for me.
> 
> So, I did this:
> 
>> $ net stop cron
>> Tjenesten Cron daemon stopper .
>> Tjenesten Cron daemon ble stoppet.
>>
>> $ cygrunsrv -R cron
>>
>> $ cygrunsrv -I -p /usr/sbin/cron.exe -a -n
>> cygrunsrv: Trailing commandline arguments not allowed
>> Try `cygrunsrv --help' for more information.
> 
> I also tried a number of other combinations and orders of arguments, all with similar results.
> 
> What am I doing wrong?
> 
> Thanks

I would try --args '-n' instead of -a -n.  Perhaps some other
variation of quoting will be needed to make clear to cygrunsrv
that the -n is for the application, not for cygrunsrv.

Best - Eliot Moss