crontab question...

[Sergey 'DoubleF' Zaharchenko]

On Fri, 31 Oct 2003 13:16:29 -0500 "Xpression" <admin at atenas.cult.cu> probably wrote:

> 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 ??? I mean:
> 
> #
> #minute    hour    mday    month    wday    who    command
> #
> 0                0            *        *            *      root
> /path/one/script1
> 0                0            *        *            *      root
> /path/two/script2
> 0                0            *        *            *      root
> /path/three/script3
> 
> they are executed at the same time or in order ??? thankssssssss

Generally, you shouldn't depend on that. If you want the scripts to be
executed in a particular order, write a wrapper script that says
something like

/path/one/script1
/path/two/script2
/path/three/script3

and add it to the crontab.

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