Cron malfunction after date change

cygwin1.dll 1.5.11-1, win2ksp4+patches Steps to reproduce: 1. Start cron: cygrunsrv --stop cron cygrunsrv --remove cron cygrunsrv --install cron -p /usr/sbin/cron -a -D -i cygrunsrv --start cron 2. Add task to cron to start at specified time (about 3 minutes from now) every day. I.e. something

RE: Cron malfunction after date change

Please run this diagnostic script. It will attempt to locate many types of common problems with cron on cygwin. http://sources.redhat.com/ml/cygwin/2004-07/msg00207.html Please read the output of the script carefully. If it finds problems, it suggests possible fixes, and it will also recommend

RE: Cron malfunction after date change

> > cron.log, crontab.txt and cygcheck.txt attached. Stopping > and starting > cron is workaround that does resume correct cron behaviour, up until > next date change. I've been able to reproduce this > (http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2004-11/msg00153.html) problem also on > WinXP with slightly ol

Re: Cron malfunction after date change

On Fri, Nov 05, 2004 at 11:26:05AM -0500, Harig, Mark wrote: >>cron.log, crontab.txt and cygcheck.txt attached. Stopping and starting >>cron is workaround that does resume correct cron behaviour, up until >>next date change. I've been able to reproduce this >>(http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2004-11/

Re: Cron malfunction after date change

On Thu, 04 Nov 2004 15:37:12 +0100 Jacek Trzmiel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > cygwin1.dll 1.5.11-1, win2ksp4+patches Cron is a separate package, that was updated on 20th, October, to correct a problem where cron would endlessly sleep after a time/date change. Do you have the latest version? --

Re: Cron malfunction after date change

On Fri, 5 Nov 2004 11:38:24 -0500 Christopher Faylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Personally, I've always restarted cron after a date change There exist a version of Cron that is supposed to handle date changes. See -- Xavier Nodet "

Re: Cron malfunction after date change

Xavier Nodet wrote: > On Thu, 04 Nov 2004 15:37:12 +0100 Jacek Trzmiel wrote: > > cygwin1.dll 1.5.11-1, win2ksp4+patches > > Cron is a separate package, that was updated on 20th, October, to > correct a problem where cron would endlessly sleep after a time/date > change. Do you have the latest ve

RE: Cron malfunction after date change

> > >>cron.log, crontab.txt and cygcheck.txt attached. Stopping > and starting > >>cron is workaround that does resume correct cron behaviour, up until > >>next date change. I've been able to reproduce this > >>(http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2004-11/msg00153.html) problem also on > >>WinXP with s