For controlling another application via cron, I generally write specific scripts which then start, stop, or message the application. Once you get into writing a general control script where you need to run pd like a daemon, then you should look into an init script where you can run pd as a service.
Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2019 11:36:26 +0200From: IOhannes m zmölnig <zmoelnig@iem.at>To: pd-list@lists.iem.atSubject: Re: [PD] Cannot run pd patch from crontab at startup on raspiMessage-ID: <ef12c584-6fc4-62a5-c2e4-b3ff2043245c@iem.at>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"On 6/28/19 9:04 AM, Roman Haefeli wrote: * My final suggestion is to not use cron at all
+1 to everything you said, and this in particular.