---
title: One-off
order: 16
description: "A single magus invocation that runs a target and exits, using a per-process pool; the opposite of the long-lived daemon or a service."
tags: [glossary, execution-and-caching]
---

# One-off

A single `magus` invocation that runs a target and exits, using a per-process
pool; the opposite of the long-lived daemon or a service.

## Example

```sh
magus run build libs/xdg
```

## Used in

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## See also

- [Pool mode](pool-mode.md)
- [Daemon](daemon.md)
- [The broker and the daemon](../guides/integrations/server.md)