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Re: Slight patch for Cron
On Tue, Jun 03, 2003 at 06:44:19PM +0200, Ronald Landheer-Cieslak wrote:
> On Tue, 3 Jun 2003, Ronald Landheer-Cieslak wrote:
> > On Tue, 3 Jun 2003, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> > > On Tue, Jun 03, 2003 at 10:31:05AM +0200, Ronald Landheer-Cieslak wrote:
> > > > I've "developed" an insignificant patch to cron (attached) that makes
> > > > cron detach from the console before forking out (under Cygwin only).
> > > > The patch is against the current release's source and WFM.
> > > Did you try a recent developers snapshot? This should be accomplished
> > > by the setsid call in the child (right after fork).
> > Assuming you mean a Cygwin snapshot, I hadn't though it was a Cygwin
> > problem so I haven't tried a snapshot, no, but come to think of it, the
> > daemonizing cron does should detach it from the console ...
> >
> > (running chin ... lol ... slap forehead)
> >
> > I'll reinstall the unpatched cron, download the snapshot and give it a go.
> > I'll let you know.
> Nope..
>
> I've just rebooted with the latest snapshot and have a cron window hanging
> around. Cygcheck output is attached..
Does it help to set CYGWIN=notty before starting cron?
Corinna
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