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				|  |  |  using ``discard_all``.
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				|  |  | -Windows: The ``-B`` / ``--beat`` option to celeryd doesn't work?
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				|  |  | -----------------------------------------------------------------
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				|  |  | -**Answer**: That's right. Run ``celerybeat`` and ``celeryd`` as separate
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				|  |  | -services instead.
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				|  |  | -
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				|  |  | -Tasks
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				|  |  | -=====
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				|  |  | -
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				|  |  | -How can I reuse the same connection when applying tasks?
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				|  |  | ---------------------------------------------------------
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				|  |  | -
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				|  |  | -**Answer**: See :doc:`userguide/executing`.
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				|  |  | -
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				|  |  | -Can I execute a task by name?
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				|  |  | ------------------------------
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				|  |  | -
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				|  |  | -**Answer**: Yes. Use :func:`celery.execute.send_task`.
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				|  |  | -You can also execute a task by name from any language
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				|  |  | -that has an AMQP client.
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				|  |  | -
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				|  |  | -    >>> from celery.execute import send_task
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				|  |  | -    >>> send_task("tasks.add", args=[2, 2], kwargs={})
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				|  |  | -    <AsyncResult: 373550e8-b9a0-4666-bc61-ace01fa4f91d>
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				|  |  | -
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				|  |  |  Results
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				|  |  |  =======
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				|  | @@ -389,8 +365,56 @@ using the STOMP backend:
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				|  |  |  
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				|  |  |      * mandatory
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				|  |  |  
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				|  |  | -Features
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				|  |  | -========
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				|  |  | +Tasks
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				|  |  | +=====
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				|  |  | +
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				|  |  | +How can I reuse the same connection when applying tasks?
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				|  |  | +--------------------------------------------------------
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				|  |  | +
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				|  |  | +**Answer**: See :doc:`userguide/executing`.
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				|  |  | +
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				|  |  | +Can I execute a task by name?
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				|  |  | +-----------------------------
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				|  |  | +
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				|  |  | +**Answer**: Yes. Use :func:`celery.execute.send_task`.
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				|  |  | +You can also execute a task by name from any language
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				|  |  | +that has an AMQP client.
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				|  |  | +
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				|  |  | +    >>> from celery.execute import send_task
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				|  |  | +    >>> send_task("tasks.add", args=[2, 2], kwargs={})
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				|  |  | +    <AsyncResult: 373550e8-b9a0-4666-bc61-ace01fa4f91d>
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				|  |  | +
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				|  |  | +
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				|  |  | +How can I get the task id of the current task?
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				|  |  | +----------------------------------------------
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				|  |  | +
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				|  |  | +**Answer**: Celery does set some default keyword arguments if the task
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				|  |  | +accepts them (you can accept them by either using ``**kwargs``, or list them
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				|  |  | +specifically)::
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				|  |  | +
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				|  |  | +    @task
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				|  |  | +    def mytask(task_id=None):
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				|  |  | +        cache.set(task_id, "Running")
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				|  |  | +
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				|  |  | +The default keyword arguments are documented here:
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				|  |  | +http://celeryq.org/docs/userguide/tasks.html#default-keyword-arguments
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				|  |  | +
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				|  |  | +Can I specify a custom task_id?
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				|  |  | +-------------------------------
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				|  |  | +
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				|  |  | +**Answer**: Yes. Use the ``task_id`` argument to
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				|  |  | +:meth:`~celery.execute.apply_async`::
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				|  |  | +
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				|  |  | +    >>> task.apply_async(args, kwargs, task_id="...")
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				|  |  | +
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				|  |  | +Can I use natural task ids?
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				|  |  | +---------------------------
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				|  |  | +
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				|  |  | +**Answer**: Yes, but make sure it is unique, as the behavior
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				|  |  | +for two tasks existing with the same id is undefined.
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				|  |  | +
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				|  |  | +The world will probably not explode, but at the worst
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				|  |  | +they can overwrite each others results.
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				|  |  |  How can I run a task once another task has finished?
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				|  |  |  ----------------------------------------------------
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				|  | @@ -563,3 +587,32 @@ and they will not be re-run unless you have the ``acks_late`` option set.
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				|  |  |  How do I run celeryd in the background on [platform]?
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				|  |  |  -----------------------------------------------------
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				|  |  |  **Answer**: Please see :doc:`cookbook/daemonizing`.
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				|  |  | +
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				|  |  | +Windows
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				|  |  | +=======
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				|  |  | +
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				|  |  | +celeryd keeps spawning processes at startup
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				|  |  | +-------------------------------------------
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				|  |  | +
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				|  |  | +**Answer**: This is a known issue on Windows.
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				|  |  | +You have to start celeryd with the command::
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				|  |  | +
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				|  |  | +    $ python -m celeryd.bin.celeryd
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				|  |  | +
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				|  |  | +Any additional arguments can be appended to this command.
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				|  |  | +
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				|  |  | +See http://bit.ly/bo9RSw
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				|  |  | +
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				|  |  | +The ``-B`` / ``--beat`` option to celeryd doesn't work?
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				|  |  | +----------------------------------------------------------------
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				|  |  | +**Answer**: That's right. Run ``celerybeat`` and ``celeryd`` as separate
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				|  |  | +services instead.
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				|  |  | +
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				|  |  | +``django-celery`` can’t find settings?
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				|  |  | +--------------------------------------
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				|  |  | +**Answer**: You need to specify the ``--settings`` argument to ``manage.py``::
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				|  |  | +
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				|  |  | +    $ python manage.py celeryd start --settings=settings
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				|  |  | +
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				|  |  | +See http://bit.ly/bo9RSw
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