Cron scripts order of processing - part Two

[Matthew Flaschen]

Chris wrote:
> Sorry folks, I forgot to tag this in the last posting.
> 
> What happens to the mail (if even created) when the cron jobs run?
> Example - when I used another OS, the nightly jobs would produce an
> email based on the cronjobs that ran and was sent to root for review.

Based on reading man cron, it looks like all output will be sent to the
owner of the cronjob (presumably root).  It also looks like items in
e.g. /etc/cron.weekly are not run in any particular order.  If you want
order, it seems you have to use a crontab.  I haven't tested this.

Matt Flaschen