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Date:      Sat, 01 Nov 2003 09:00:25 -0600
From:      "Jack L. Stone" <jacks@sage-american.com>
To:        Jean-Baptiste Quenot <jb.quenot@caraldi.com>, FreeBSD-questions <questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: crontab question...
Message-ID:  <3.0.5.32.20031101090025.01407bc8@10.0.0.15>
In-Reply-To: <20031101105741.GB1551@watt.intra.caraldi.com>
References:  <001501c39fdb$1aca0fd0$0801a8c0@bloodlust> <001501c39fdb$1aca0fd0$0801a8c0@bloodlust>

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At 11:57 AM 11.1.2003 +0100, Jean-Baptiste Quenot wrote:
>* Xpression:
>
>> Hi guys, I was  wondering if I have three script  files on crontab and
>> all they are executed at the same hour how it's function ???
>
>AFAICT, cron  forks a  new process  for each job  scheduled at  the same
>time.
>
>Cheers,
>-- 
>Jean-Baptiste Quenot

Indeed, if you run several cron jobs at the same time and then look at "ps
-ax" you'll see several "crons" running. That's in addition to
/usr/sbin/cron which is loaded.

Best regards,
Jack L. Stone,
Administrator

Sage American
http://www.sage-american.com
jacks@sage-american.com



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