Subj : Re: Event Timing
To : 2twisty
From : McDoob
Date : Thu Mar 31 2022 05:42 pm
2t> Zi> But, do the Hourly events allow you to specify the exact minute on wh
2t> Zi> they should be run every hour?
2t>
2t> I think I have a solution for this for Linux users -- and I'm sure you
2t> coul set it up with task scheduler.
2t>
2t> Set up a semaphore event for anything you want to trigger that
2t> precisely, then use cron to "touch" the semaphore file.
Huh. I never even thought about this. You're not wrong, but that's not exactly right, either.
Let ./mis (and ./mutil) take care of Mystic. Don't ask the end user's OS to do it instead. That's a bad habit that programmers should avoid. I would pretend to know.
McDoob
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