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Re: cron / crontab -e
- From: Corinna Vinschen <corinna-cygwin at cygwin dot com>
- To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2002 09:55:01 +0200
- Subject: Re: cron / crontab -e
- References: <3D17B3F2.1A0CF68E@noaa.gov>
- Reply-to: cygwin at cygwin dot com
On Mon, Jun 24, 2002 at 08:06:10PM -0400, Arthur Taylor wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am trying to set up cron on a Win 2k machine. I used setup to install
> cron today, and I am attempting to use crontab -e to create a crontab
> file in /var/cron/tabs
>
> I go ahead, edit the file, and when I save I get:
>
> crontab: installing new crontab
> chown: Invalid argument
> crontab: edits left in /tmp/crontab.840
>
> Does anyone have an idea as to what invalid argument chown is getting?
Yeah, I have an idea but it's validity depends on the version of
Cygwin you're using. Are you using 1.3.11? If so, could you try
the same with 1.3.10? I guess it works there since the problem
is an error in the uid handling in 1.3.11's chown, AFAICS.
Corinna
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