Program order in crontab

[Scott]

> 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