cron FIFO file
[140 byte] By [grkrajesh] at [2007-11-26 9:41:26] 
Hi All ,What is the use FIFO file in the directory /etc/cron.d.Thanks in advance.Regards,Rajesh Kannan R.
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FIFO basically is a lock file for cron ensuring that only one instance of cron is started. If cron ever dies horribly and you can't restart, look for this file and remove it and cron will start. Has this happen before.epruett at 2007-7-7 0:39:53 >
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