[m-rev.] diff: document how to setup cron on cygwin

Julien Fischer juliensf at cs.mu.OZ.AU
Mon Feb 6 12:46:36 AEDT 2006


local/newhost:
	Add Ian's instructions on how to setup cron for Cygwin.

Index: newhost
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RCS file: /home/mercury1/repository/local/newhost,v
retrieving revision 1.20
diff -u -r1.20 newhost
--- newhost	3 Feb 2006 07:24:40 -0000	1.20
+++ newhost	6 Feb 2006 01:45:23 -0000
@@ -208,7 +208,13 @@
 	  The above commands need to be run *each* time a user is added to a
 	  Windows machine in order for ssh access to Cygwin sessions to be
 	  enabled for that user.
-
+
+- set up cron [Cygwin only]
+	- Open a Cygwin session and type the following commands:
+
+		cygrunsrv -I cron -p /usr/sbin/cron -a -D
+		cygrunsrv -S cron
+
 - Add links to bash and perl in the /usr/local/bin directory, so that the
   '#!' lines in some of our scripts will work.


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