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
First mistake, you should have read /usr/share/doc/Cygwin/cron.README and, following those instructions, used cron-config. > It starts and runs fine using: cygrunsrv -S cron > A reading of the services shows: > > Service : cygserver > Display name : CYGWIN cygserver > Current State : Running > Controls Accepted : Stop > Command : /usr/sbin/cygserver > > Service : cron > Display name : CYGWIN cron > Current State : Running > Controls Accepted : Stop > Command : /usr/sbin/cron -D Does this look fine to you? You have 2 cron daemons, cron is not built to do that. > However, when I try to stop it using: cygrunsrv -E cron > I get the following: > > cygrunsrv: Error stopping a service: QueryServiceStatus: Win32 error > 1053: > The service did not respond to the start or control request in a timely > fashion. Stop which one of the daemons? I told you cron is not built to do what you are doing. -- René Berber -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
