[Backgroundrb-devel] Newbie question on Scheduling

[hemant]

Hi,

On Jan 22, 2008 5:33 AM, steef nobody <swertyui at gmail.com> wrote:
> I've scheduled cron jobs etc before, but I'm curious as to how to layout a
> worker properly.  Here's a basic example of what one of my workers looks
> like:
>
> class FooWorker < BackgrounDRb::MetaWorker
>
> set_worker_name :foo_worker
> def create(args = nil)
> logger.info("Starting test: #{Time.now.strftime("%T")}")
> run_test
>  logger.info("Finished test: #{Time.now.strftime("%T")}")
> exit
> end
> def run_test
> logger.info("aaaa")
> sleep(30)
> logger.info("bbbb")
>  end
> end

Never use sleep() in workers, its calling for trouble.

>
> I'd set my workers up like this while I was testing things.  I'd modify them
> and restart backgroundrb to see how things went.  I have things where I want
> them to be now, and am trying to get them scheduled properly.
>
> Let's say I wanted the above worker to run every day at 16:00.  How would
> that look in my backgroundrb.yml file?  Should I keep things out of the
> create method?  The documentation seems to suggest I create my own methods
> and schedule each individually without calling exit to kill the worker.

You can use cron styled scheduling with trigger option:

0 0 16 * * * *