Python Cron on Windows 10

Lakshmana

Since I am facing issue in Task Scheduler in Windows 10 I am going to the Python Cron which requires Cygwin.I have installed Cygwin in the machine where the Cron is installed in the machine but I am facing issue while opening the crontab i am getting the below error

code execution cannot proceed because cygwin1.dll was not found

Where the Cygwin using is from the internal version not from internet

Installed this Software from https://sourceforge.net/projects/pycron/

Any inputs from the person who tried these things in the Windows can help me on this ?

I have reinstalled Cygwin three times but no luck

scottalanmiller

You'll have to check your Cygwin installation and see if it is any good. That error suggests that your Cygwin does not work or is missing that DLL.

scottalanmiller

I would install Cygwin this way: https://chocolatey.org/packages/Cygwin

Lakshmana

@scottalanmiller said in Python Cron on Windows 10:

You'll have to check your Cygwin installation and see if it is any good. That error suggests that your Cygwin does not work or is missing that DLL.

There is no DLL files seems to be missing

scottalanmiller

@lakshmana said in Python Cron on Windows 10:

@scottalanmiller said in Python Cron on Windows 10:

You'll have to check your Cygwin installation and see if it is any good. That error suggests that your Cygwin does not work or is missing that DLL.

There is no DLL files seems to be missing

Right, so that makes me think that your installation is bad. Try using Chocolatey to deploy it.

Lakshmana

Chocolatey its blocking in the Powershell.Whether the cron can be done from the python by calling the .bat file at 8 PM everyday ?

i have installed the crontab in the python now

scottalanmiller

@lakshmana said in Python Cron on Windows 10:

Chocolatey its blocking in the Powershell.

Then deal with this problem. Don't get distracted trying to do something else. What's the error?

Lakshmana

@scottalanmiller said in Python Cron on Windows 10:

@lakshmana said in Python Cron on Windows 10:

Chocolatey its blocking in the Powershell.

Then deal with this problem. Don't get distracted trying to do something else. What's the error?

Sorry I have tried in the User powershell Permission denied tried in Admin console of Powershell installation of Cygwin started

scottalanmiller

@lakshmana said in Python Cron on Windows 10:

@scottalanmiller said in Python Cron on Windows 10:

@lakshmana said in Python Cron on Windows 10:

Chocolatey its blocking in the Powershell.

Then deal with this problem. Don't get distracted trying to do something else. What's the error?

Sorry I have tried in the User powershell Permission denied tried in Admin console of Powershell installation of Cygwin started

First, make sure Chocolatey is properly installed. If not, start there.
Second, run Chocolatey from an elevated shell prompt, not as a user.

And show the error, don't describe it.

Lakshmana

I have installed .dll from the site but the services are not starting in that

1 [main] cygrunsrv 10264 find_fast_cwd: WARNING: Couldn't compute FAST_CWD pointer. Please report this problem to

scottalanmiller

@lakshmana said in Python Cron on Windows 10:

I have installed .dll from the site but the services are not starting in that

1 [main] cygrunsrv 10264 find_fast_cwd: WARNING: Couldn't compute FAST_CWD pointer. Please report this problem to

Can’t just grab a DLL. Doesn’t work that way.

Reid Cooper

I think you skipped all the steps that people were asking you to do.

Obsolesce

Open up an elevated PowerShell window:
Enter the following command in PowerShell (it's a single line):

Set-ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Scope Process -Force; iex ((New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadString('https://chocolatey.org/install.ps1'))

Lakshmana

@tim_g said in Python Cron on Windows 10:

Open up an elevated PowerShell window:

Enter the following command in PowerShell (it's a single line):
Set-ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Scope Process -Force; iex ((New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadString('https://chocolatey.org/install.ps1'))

Now I have installed the Cygwin but the cron service or cron.exe is not opening

When I have tried to open the pycron-0.91-win32.2.zip which have the Cron.exe but the cron command prompt opens and the file cannot be editable with the timings

travisdh1

@lakshmana said in Python Cron on Windows 10:

@tim_g said in Python Cron on Windows 10:
Open up an elevated PowerShell window:

Enter the following command in PowerShell (it's a single line):
Set-ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Scope Process -Force; iex ((New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadString('https://chocolatey.org/install.ps1'))
Now I have installed the Cygwin but the cron service or cron.exe is not opening

When I have tried to open the pycron-0.91-win32.2.zip which have the Cron.exe but the cron command prompt opens and the file cannot be editable with the timings

Wha? It's Cygwin....

Step 1: Open Cygwin
Step 2: crontab -e

That's it. You can't run most of the .exe files included in cygwin as if it's an actual program, it must be run from cygwin like you would in a BASH shell.