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I use a systemd timer to handle periodic calls to offlineimap, and that works really well compared to a corn-based work flow.

• masklinn 7y ago
  systemd timers are a cron-based workflow. A cron-based workflow is when you periodically check for work to do rather than get notified that there's work to do.
  • cbcoutinho 7y ago
    Yes that's true that they periodically check for work to do, but cron is not smart enough to know whether a service is already running - a systemd-timer can base it's timer from the point when a service completes. I think cron just fires up a service unless you build in some logic to check if it's running
    • JdeBP 7y ago
      That's not really relevant. masklinn is contrasting periodic polling schemes like yours with using IDLE.