Backgroundrb devel - Jan 2008 - Newbie question on Scheduling

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

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.

- Steve
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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 * * * *