"Jeremy C. Reed" <reed@reedmedia.net> writes:

>cron(8) (of 1.5.1_ALPHA) says:
>DESCRIPTION
>       Cron  should be started from /etc/rc or /etc/rc.local.  It
>       will return immediately, so you don't  need  to  start  it
>       with '&'.
>
>So it seems like it could easily say the same about the commands it 
>runs. Maybe:

you are aware that a forked-off cron process waits for the spawned command
list's termination so that it can mail the results (if any) to the job owner?

mkb