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Date:      Sun, 10 Nov 2024 07:40:57 -0500
From:      "Dan Langille" <dan@langille.org>
To:        "via questions" <questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: dma: could not pick up queue file
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On Wed, Nov 6, 2024, at 12:02 PM, fatty.merchandise677@aceecat.org wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 05, 2024 at 09:35:35PM GMT, Daniel Tameling wrote:
>
>> Thanks. If something is running automatically that isn't started by
>> cron, periodic is always a good candidate.
>
> Wait, isn't periodic itself started by cron? So at best one can say
> "started directly by cron" if there is a difference at all.

A fine technical point.

If I may guess at what Daniel wanted to say:

If you are trying to find something which is running and you're not finding it in cron, look in periodic.

-- 
  Dan Langille
  dan@langille.org



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