Mark & Pierre, thanks for your advice. Please see below. Mark:
$ /usr/bin/cron_diagnose.sh: This also did not find any errors. The displayed version of this is 1.10. The revision in the source is 1.3 2004/12/21 16:14:4. Whereas the previous "older" version I was trying before displays 1.8. Is my /usr/bin/cron_diagnose.sh really the latest version? Pierre: # /etc/crontab: Cannot remove this or entries in this, since it doesn't exist. (Is this "normal"?) # /etc/cron.d: This directory is empty - is this what you meant? # /var/cron/tabs/David Rekas: removed this crontab file, followed by "cygrunsrv --start cron", however the usual "error starting a service" came up. # /var/log/cron.log: Have looked for this at various stages of the cron installation/config/attempted starts/reinstallation, but have never seen an instance. (Is this "normal"?) In addition (1): # Uninstalled the entire cron-3.0.1-19 # Reinstalled the entire cron-3.0.1-19 using Cygwin setup.exe from a different mirror site # Edited cron-config: enclosed "${USER}" and "$cron_table" in double quotation marks $ crontab -e: created new crontab # Applied chmod and chgrp to relevant files/directories $ cron-config: answered: [service: yes; yourself: no; ntsec: yes; start yes]. This returned the same error. $ /usr/bin/cron_diagnose.sh: This did not find any errors. # /var/log/cron.log: does not exist In addition (2): # Created a new Windows user with no spaces in the name ("cygbatch"), with administrative privileges. Updated passwd and group files, and logged in as this user. $ crontab -e: created new crontab $ cron-config: answered: [service: yes; yourself: no; ntsec: yes; start yes]. This returned the same error. $ /usr/bin/cron_diagnose.sh: This did not find any errors. # /var/log/cron.log: does not exist Again, any further input into this case would be very appreciated. Thanks, Dave -- 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/