Cron runs, but commands are not executing.

["Thompson, Blake" <Blake dot Thompson at FMR dot COM>]

Folks,
I have tried to tackle this by myself and with the help of all the others
that have been trying to resolve similar issues via this newsgroup.  I have
come across several instances where people were finally able to claim
victory and tried their options, but to no avail (although, I've come
further in my travels than I was before).

Platform:	Windows XP Pro
Cygwin is installed as 'all users.'

The server has been started/stopped/started and uninstalled/reinstalled a
ton of times.  I am able to verify that cron is running as a service via the
event log and when attempting to start it I get the message that it is
already running.  I have reinstalled cron a few times, as well.

My crontab is as follows:


A325771@DA604290 /var/cron
$ crontab -l
# DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE - edit the master and reinstall.
# (/tmp/crontab.3308 installed on Wed Nov 26 13:51:07 2003)
# (Cron version -- $Id: crontab.c,v 1.7 2003/04/15 15:13:41 corinna Exp $)
* * * * * date >> ~/date.txt

(I have also tried executing a shell script versus a single command).



I've run cron_diagnose.sh with no issues (output below)


A325771@DA604290 ~
$ ./cron_diagnose.sh
cron_diagnose.sh 1.2

This script did not find any errors in your crontab setup.
If you are still unable to get cron to work, then try
shutting down the cron service, uninstalling it,
reinstalling it, and restarting it.

The following commands will do that:
  $ cygrunsrv --stop cron
  $ cygrunsrv --remove cron
  $ cygrunsrv --install cron -p /usr/sbin/cron -a -D
  $ cygrunsrv --start cron[...]

(By the way, I did all the stuff mentioned in the script output.  Multiple
times.)



I am not able to see where any output has been generated.  However, when
reviewing the event log, I come across the following entries (they appear to
be grouped in 2's):

Event Type:	Information
Event Source:	/USR/SBIN/CRON
Event Category:	None
Event ID:	0
Date:		11/26/2003
Time:		2:14:00 PM
User:		NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM
Computer:	DA604290
Description:
The description for Event ID ( 0 ) in Source ( /USR/SBIN/CRON ) cannot be
found. The local computer may not have the necessary registry information or
message DLL files to display messages from a remote computer. You may be
able to use the /AUXSOURCE= flag to retrieve this description; see Help and
Support for details. The following information is part of the event:
/USR/SBIN/CRON : PID 948 : (A325771) CMD (date >> ~/date.txt).


Event Type:	Information
Event Source:	/USR/SBIN/CRON
Event Category:	None
Event ID:	0
Date:		11/26/2003
Time:		2:14:06 PM
User:		NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM
Computer:	DA604290
Description:
The description for Event ID ( 0 ) in Source ( /USR/SBIN/CRON ) cannot be
found. The local computer may not have the necessary registry information or
message DLL files to display messages from a remote computer. You may be
able to use the /AUXSOURCE= flag to retrieve this description; see Help and
Support for details. The following information is part of the event:
/USR/SBIN/CRON : PID 608 : (A325771) MAIL (mailed 48 bytes of output but got
status 0x0001
).




I know that this is probably a doink problem that has a quickie solution,
but I have read all the README's, man pages, and 2 years worth of cygwin
posts, but am not able to find what could be causing the issue.  Please,
show me the error of my ways.

Blake

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