Date: Tue, 31 Dec 2019 01:31:59 +1100 From: Scott <freebsd-lists-5@thismonkey.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Program order in crontab Message-ID: <20191230143159.GA80921@thismonkey.com> In-Reply-To: <mailman.102.1577707201.34855.freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> References: <mailman.102.1577707201.34855.freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
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> In a standard 'crontab', if I have three programs as show below, do they > run in order as listed or all at one time, or something else? Does each > program finish before the next one starts? > > */5 * * * * /usr/home/gerard/Scripts/Program1.sh > */5 * * * * /usr/home/gerard/Scripts/Program2.sh > */5 * * * * /usr/home/gerard/Scripts/Program3.sh > > Thanks > > -- > Jerry They would run asynchronously, although I'm not sure of the order they would be started. The cron code may shed some light (I would assume top down but I haven't checked the code). If you wanted to ensure they are run synchronously just put them on one line separated with a '; '. Scott
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