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Date:      Thu, 14 Nov 2024 14:47:18 +0100
From:      Daniel Tameling <tamelingdaniel@gmail.com>
To:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: dma: could not pick up queue file
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On Sun, Nov 10, 2024 at 07:40:57AM -0500, Dan Langille wrote:
> 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
> 

Yes, that was what I was trying to express. Thank you.

Also, I use anacron for the periodic jobs and I don't think of it as cron.

Best regards,
Daniel



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