Backgroundrb devel - Feb 2008 - BacgroundRB - Getting started question

Resending this message - I sent it earlier in the day and I still don''t
see
it show up on the mailing list.

Thanks.

-----------------------------------------
Hello Folks,

I have been trying to get backgroundrb running on my Win XP box to
periodically wakeup and run a worker function. I wrote a test Worker class
as below and my backgroundrb.yml is included below. I can start backgroundrb
successfully through commondline (ruby script/backgroundrb/start) but I
don''t see any output in my backgroundrb.log - I would expect the
"Hello"
string in the log every 5 secs. 

The first question I have is, whether what I am doing even supported on
Windows? Reason I ask is because I saw a post from a few months back saying
something to the effect that forking doesn''t happen on Windows (a reply
email from Hemant) so not sure how that affects what I am trying to do. 

The follow up question, if the answer to the first one is yes it is
supported, is what am I doing wrong here?

Appreciate any pointers/help.

Thanks,
Sanjay.

class NehronWorker < BackgrounDRb::Rails
  #set_worker_name :nehron_worker
  def create
    puts "Creating NehronWorker"
  end
  def do_work(args)
    # This method is called in it''s own new thread when you
    # call new worker. args is set to :args
    puts "Hello"
  end

  def printhelloinloop(teststr="Hello2")
      puts "Hello "+ teststr
  end
end

--- 
port: "22222"
timer_sleep: 60
load_rails: true
environment: development
host: localhost
database_yml: config/database.yml
acl: 
  deny: all
  allow: localhost 127.0.0.1
  order: deny,allow
  
schedules:
  NehronWorker:
      printhelloinloop:
        trigger_args: */5 * * * * * *

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On Fri, Feb 15, 2008 at 9:34 AM, Sanjay Tibrewal <stibrewal at gmail.com>
wrote:
>
>
>
> Resending this message ? I sent it earlier in the day and I still
don''t see
> it show up on the mailing list.
>
> Thanks.
>
> -----------------------------------------
>
> Hello Folks,
>
> I have been trying to get backgroundrb running on my Win XP box to
> periodically wakeup and run a worker function. I wrote a test Worker class
> as below and my backgroundrb.yml is included below. I can start
backgroundrb
> successfully through commondline (ruby script/backgroundrb/start) but I
> don''t see any output in my backgroundrb.log ? I would expect the
"Hello"
> string in the log every 5 secs.
>
> The first question I have is, whether what I am doing even supported on
> Windows? Reason I ask is because I saw a post from a few months back saying
> something to the effect that forking doesn''t happen on Windows (a
reply
> email from Hemant) so not sure how that affects what I am trying to do.
>
> The follow up question, if the answer to the first one is yes it is
> supported, is what am I doing wrong here?
>
> Appreciate any pointers/help.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Sanjay.
>
> class NehronWorker < BackgrounDRb::Rails
>
>   #set_worker_name :nehron_worker
>
>   def create
>
>     puts "Creating NehronWorker"
>
>   end
>
>   def do_work(args)
>
>     # This method is called in it''s own new thread when you
>
>     # call new worker. args is set to :args
>
>     puts "Hello"
>
>   end
>
>   def printhelloinloop(teststr="Hello2")
>
>       puts "Hello "+ teststr
>
>   end
>
> end
>
> ---
>
> port: "22222"
>
> timer_sleep: 60
>
> load_rails: true
>
> environment: development
>
> host: localhost
>
> database_yml: config/database.yml
>
> acl:
>
>   deny: all
>
>   allow: localhost 127.0.0.1
>
>   order: deny,allow
>
>
>
> schedules:
>
>   NehronWorker:
>
>       printhelloinloop:
>
>         trigger_args: */5 * * * * * *

Any version of BackgrounDRb > 0.2 is not supported/won''t run on
Windows.  It may change in future, but its not a priority.