I'm extremely new to Cygwin but I am somewhat comfortable in Linux (I can read man files fine).
I want to create a BASH script using Cygwin that deletes the files in a folder on the shutdown signal given by Windows. If this can't be done, I also could try deleting the files in the same folder on startup. I installed CRON but does CRON only works for scheduled tasks, rather than on 'signals'? Answers would be nice but a general idea of how to proceed would be even better!
I can write the script. I just don't know exactly how Cywgin interacts with the Windows OS in order to perform these procedures.
Another question, how do I run CRON on Windows startup?
If it matters, my O.S. is Windows 10 x64 running Cygwin.
gzh :
Cygwin.bat, a batch file which was installed under cygwin installation folder will give you hint of how to run cygwin script.\n\nThe script contains just:\n\nC:\nchdir C:\\cygwin64\\bin\nbash --login -i\n\n\nto run the bash shell interactive.\nMake a copy of Cygwin.bat with another name (Startup ?) and change last line in\n\nbash --login path_to_your_script_here\n\n\nPut the bat file or a link to in in the Startup folder.",
2016-07-15T03:45:52