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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Connection refuse when sending mail with cron tab
I'm doing a daily sending email task by using whenever gem.
I created a rake task in RAKEFILE name coffee. Here is my task's code:
task :coffee => :environment do
ReservationBooksNotify.notify.deliver
puts "hihi"
end
When I run this task in…
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Is it possible to use the 'whenever' ruby gem while not having permission to use crontab?
I'm about to write a script which execute some ruby scripts in a scheduled manner.
Production env: Enterprise's cluster running debian with restricted permissions for users so I don't have permissions to edit cron table files. can I use whenever…
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Why can't the "whenever" gem find the "bash" command?
I am using the "whenever" Ruby gem and RVM to control my rubies/gemsets. When I try using whenever, I see the following error.
/bin/bash: not found
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rake: uninitialized constant in rake task
I have some custom classes/modules defined under /app/lib.
I have a Rake task, via whenever, that tries to load the environment then execute one of the class methods.
Here's an example of the rake task:
namespace :box do
task :fetch =>…
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Removing cron jobs added by whenever gem when i move my application to a different server?
Suppose I have my rails application running on server A. I have also started some cron jobs added using the whenever gem. Now if I want to shift my application to server B, is there a way to automatically stop (or remove) the cron jobs running on…
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Rails 3 + Whenever Gem + Rake logging issue
The app is running on Engine Yard. I need to log some data from inside the scripts ran by Whenever. Here's what it looks like:
schedule.rb:
every 1.minute do
rake 'my_tasks:task1 my_tasks:task2', :output => 'log/my_tasks.log'
end
task1 runs the…
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whenever + delayed_job with cron job in starting worker
I am learning cron job and delayed job, and I want to send emails using background job; for that I'm using the delayed_job gem. I don't want to start the worker manually by running the rake jobs:work command, but I want to set this rake in cron job…
urjit on rails
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Is it possible to run a cron job randomly between 3-6 minutes?
I defined a cronjob with the whenever gem for Ruby. This created a cron job for the user that runs a ruby script every 5 minutes. The user is not root and doesn't have root permissions.
I would like to be able to run this job randomly between 3-6…
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whenever cron is not working with rails-3
I'm using Whenever for the first time. My cron is not working on the production server.
I m using rails-3.1.2
In my schedule.rb file
every :hour do # Many shortcuts available: :hour, :day, :month, :year, :reboot
runner "Report.create_report",…
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How do I change the images in a rails app every 24 hours?
I have an Rails app with a gallery of 6 images. I would like to automatically switch which images are displayed every 24 hours. I have the logic for selecting the images in a rake task, which returns an instance variable of @todays_paper:
namespace…
Tom Kitson
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Ideas needed for tools and scripts to use with simple automated Rails app
I've created a Rails 6 app that downloads data from an SFTP server. I have the Ruby script working and now need to automate the following:
Logon to the server --> Download the data --> Send the data files to a folder within the app or perhaps a…
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Ruby on Rails how to get started with whenever cron in Windows 10
I need to create a cronjob in windows using ruby on rails.
I am using 'whenever' gem for that but not getting proper idea about that.
Please let me know if there any alternative way for that.
Thanks in advance.
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Whenever cronjobs doesn't run on staging - but works on production
I am facing a very weird scenario.
I am using whenever to run cron jobs in the following way
every 1.day, at: '12:30 am' do
runner 'CronJobs.some_method'
end
The error is logged to cron_error.log. Everytime I get this weird error in the log…
Manoj M J
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Cron job using Whenever gem not running properly
I wrote a cron job using whenever gem. This is my schedule.rb
env :PATH, ENV['PATH']
env :GEM_PATH, ENV['GEM_PATH']
set :output, "log/cron_log.log"
every 2.minutes do
runner "Action.cron_actions_ranking" , :environment => 'development'
end
So…
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how can i trigger a rake task on every 4th sunday of every month in rails?
i am having a rake task. i want that task to be scheduled to run on every 4th Sunday of every month. i am using whenever gem. how can i define logic in config/schedule.rb so that it will run on every 4th Sunday of every month in Rails? please help…
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