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Re: Cron v3.0.1-5 setup issue w/ Cygwin v1.3.6
- From: Corinna Vinschen <cygwin at cygwin dot com>
- To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2002 19:18:47 +0100
- Subject: Re: Cron v3.0.1-5 setup issue w/ Cygwin v1.3.6
- References: <F114ve8xYFK3W3YdvFF000182fd@hotmail.com>
On Fri, Feb 01, 2002 at 11:21:21AM -0600, Craig Rees wrote:
> * * * * * /usr/bin/date > $HOME/date.log
> * * * * * echo "Hello from CRON" > /tmp/echo.log
>
>
> But always receive the following messages in the event viewer:
>
> 1. The description for Event ID ( 0 ) in Source ( /usr/sbin/cron )could
> not be found. It contains the following insertion string(s): /usr/sbin/cron
> : Win32 Process Id = 0xB1 : Cygwin Process Id = 0xB1 :(trendadm) CMD
> (/usr/bin/date > $HOME/date.log).
> [...]
Did you try to redirect stderr as well?
* * * * * /usr/bin/date > $HOME/date.log 2>&1
Corinna
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