a Ruby gem that makes it possible to define cron tasks in Ruby
whenever is a Ruby gem that makes it possible to write and maintain cron tasks in Ruby, using a simplified and expressive syntax.
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How to make whenever skip files in progress
We're using the Ruby gem whenever to manage large batches of import jobs. But what if a file is still being imported when the next cron job occurs?
For example:
12am: whenever starts an import cron job for import.csv
2am: import.csv is still being…
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How to specify rvm gemsets for Rails gem whenever?
MyApp is using rvm gemset 1.9.3@rails-3.2. It is not default.
I am using gem 'whenever' to periodically send email notifications. This is my schedule.rb:
every 1.minutes do
runner "MyModel.send_emails" # if ...
end
Cron job is not working…
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whenever gem: when work starts for the first time?
In my schedule.rb file I have the following lines:
every 6.day, :at => "9:00am" do
runner "my_function"
end
When my function starts for the first time?
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Add time-lag in whenever with capistrano between same role?
I want to add time-lag between same role. e.g. roles :app = [app1, app2, app3]
My expectation(pseudo code):
app1: "1 * * * * rake 'heavy:task'"
app2: "3 * * * * rake 'heavy:task'"
app3: "2 * * * * rake 'heavy:task'"
1,2,3 is not important, but…
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Loading variable from time to time in the controller with Whenever
I'm working on a project where i want to do a mysql query from time to time. The query is too long, and actually it's done when the user does a request.
I'm afraid if many users does the request, the application will be too slow to respond. So, I…
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Database Time comparison for whenever gem cron job
I am writing a whenever runner defined in the Schedule model like this;
def self.scheduled_jobs
jobs = Schedule.where(execution_time <= Time.now )
if !jobs.nil?
jobs.each do |job|
task = Schedule.find(job)
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Getting Whenever to Work with RVM and Capistrano
I'm deploying an app that uses capistrano/whenever/rvm. Apparently, the whenever/rvm combo has a gotcha, as documented here. The wiki describes three ways of overcoming this. I've tried all of them and to no avail. These solutions include setting…
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Can I invoke rails runner from arbitrary directory?
I am writing some integration tests for a Rails application. The application has a set of background tasks which are normally scheduled via cron/whenever. Since the cron jobs only run every few hours, I want to run them directly from the…
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CRON task doesn't work on Amazon EC2
I prepared a simple task for testing CRON jobs on Amazon EC2:
schedule.rb
set :output, "/home/a/b/current/log/cron_log.log"
every 5.minutes do
#command "/usr/bin/some_great_command"
#runner "MyModel.some_method"
#rake…
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Whenever CRON tab doesn't work on Amazon EC2
I am trying to set up CRON jobs on Amazon EC2 with using the Whenever gem.
In the schedule.rb is following:
set :output, "/home/my_deploy_name/my_deploy_name/current/log/cron_log.log"
every 2.minutes do
puts "It's working !!!"
end
and in the…
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Capistrano + Whenever gem: Cannot deploy, "whenever is not part of the bundle. Add it to Gemfile. "
I ma trying to add Whenever gem to my Rails project, I added the gem to the Gemfile
gem "whenever", "~> 0.8.4"
and it was installed without any problems.
Then I added a simple task into the generated schedule.rb file:
set :output,…
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Whenever running every 2 hours
I am currently facing some problem to make whenever running as I wish. For example now it is 2:45pm and I want to my task run every 2 hours from now. So it should run at 4:45pm , 6:45pm, 8:45pm, 10:45pm ...
Thank for your help.
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Ruby on rails: Whenever/cronjob doesn't worked
I wrote a cronjob but it won't start working even though I updated my schedule.rb. I used javan/whenever. I am using:
ruby 1.9.2p290 (2011-07-09 revision 32553) [x86_64-darwin10.3.0]
When I crontab -l:
# Begin Whenever generated tasks for:…
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Rails: Scheduled Job not Running
I'm using the Whenever gem with my Rails 3.2 app on an Ubuntu server. I have a monthly job that I want to run on the first day of the month, but it didn't seem to work.
I know that the code works because I ran it from the console on the server…
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Saving a new value to the db using the whenever gem
I'm trying to save a value in my db every hour. Let's say it saves a random string of characters to the letter field in my randomizer table. I have the whenever gem installed and my schedule.rb runs every hour calling a class method in my model. …
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