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Old 07-08-2014, 06:08 PM   #1
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Cron question


When you create cron jobs, do the crons run in the order they are listed and do they wait until the previous cron has finished executing?

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Old 07-08-2014, 07:51 PM   #2
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I think they run independently of each other at their scheduled times.

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Old 07-09-2014, 06:26 AM   #3
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Really nice examples and never knew of stackexchange. Thanks.
 
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