Possible to run cron in foreground?

Question

I'd like to run the command /usr/sbin/cron in the foreground and not as a daemon. Is this possible?

This may help: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12771333/linux-run-cron-job-in-foreground — You'reAGitForNotUsingGit, Apr 21 '17 at 13:28

score 15 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 21 '17 at 13:33

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-f flag is what I was looking for.

/usr/sbin/cron -f or cron -f

answered Apr 21 '17 at 13:33

Karl Morrison

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