Rails - Mar 2006 - calling RoR from command line

Hi.

I''m calling a script from the command line using script/runner. The
script registers some files which are manipulated using ImageMagick''s
tools. The script uses today''s date to scan a directory. Sometimes I
need to scan a directory which dates two-three days back. I tried to
use the following code which does *not* work:

time = Time.now
@date = time.strftime("%Y-%m-%d") unless @date = ARGV[0]

In this case the script won''t insert records in the db. I had to
change the line to:

@date = time.strftime("%Y-%m-%d")

This is fine as long as I don''t have to register orders in the past.
The script is called from crontab using:

ruby ./script/runner -e production ''require
"./register_orders.rb"''

I tried to do a ''register_orders.rb 2006-02-28'' so ARGV[0]
would
become the date. But this prevents register_orders.rb from inserting
any records, regardless of the code above.

Is there any way that I can pass a parameter using script/runner
''require "my_script param1"''? Or by some other means
call it and point
to a date in the past?

regards
Claus

On Mar 2, 2006, at 10:30, Claus Guttesen wrote:
> ruby ./script/runner -e production ''require
"./register_orders.rb"''
Why there''s no way to pass a script directly to runner?