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====== CYGWIN Cron under Windows ======

Windows task scheduler is pretty dumb -- console apps make a console window appear if you're logged in, and you can't specify full command lines with pipes and redirects.  Therefore, I install CYGWIN cron to fill the gap.  Here's how.

First, install the "cron" package from Cygwin.

Then, run a cygwin shell and do:

  $ chmod +r /etc/passwd /etc/group
  $ chmod +x /var
  $ cron-config

Questions:
  * Install the cron daemon as a service? **yes**
  * Value of CYGWIN for the daemon: **ntsec smbntsec** (This will be the default if you followed my SSH setup directions)
  * Run the cron daemon as yourself? **no**
  * Start the cron daemon as a service now? **yes**

To set up cron jobs, create a crontab file (probably in your home directory ''cygwin/home/<username>''):
<file>
#.---------------- minute (0 - 59) 
#|  .------------- hour (0 - 23)
#|  |  .---------- day of month (1 - 31)
#|  |  |  .------- month (1 - 12) OR jan,feb,mar,apr ... 
#|  |  |  |  .---- day of week (0 - 6) (Sunday=0 or 7)  OR sun,mon,tue,wed,thu,fri,sat 
#m  h  D  M  DoW   COMMAND
0   *  *  *  *     ~/example/do-something-every-hour
</file>

Then add it to cron with:
  $ crontab cron