1. How to execute ‘cron’ under Cygwin.
26/ Feb./ 2011
JMBSC M. Tonouchi

2. When you install Cygwin using ‘setup
When you install Cygwin using ‘setup.exe’, Please install also ‘cygrunsrv’ and ‘cron’ .
After Cygwin installation. Please subscribe windows-services.
　$ cygrunsrv -I cron -p /usr/sbin/cron -a -n
If you want to start please type as follows,
　$ cygrunsrv -S cron
When you need to confirm ‘cron’ status, please check as following,
　$ cygrunsrv -Q cron
　Service : cron
　Current State : Running
　Controls Accepted : Stop
　Command : /usr/sbin/cron –n

3. Additionally from ‘control panel’ + ‘services and applications’ window,
Please choose ‘cron’ and allow ‘communication with Disktop’ to ‘yes’