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Hello, Does reload_on_schedule force the worker to be reloaded even if it is already running? Or does it just load the worker if its not running when the schedule fires? I want to load the worker at the scheduled time if its not running, but I don''t want to reload the worker if its already running. Make sense? Thanks, Scott

I need to run the same worker''s method twice per day with different arguments. Unfortunately, only the second entry in the schedule is firing. I created an experimental worker to verify this: Worker: class ExperimentWorker < BackgrounDRb::MetaWorker set_worker_name :experiment_worker def create(args = nil) # this method is called, when worker is loaded for the first time

Hi there, I''m just working on getting backgroundrb (1.0.1) up and running. I''m no expert with ruby, etc, so I still don''t quite get a few things. I have scheduled workers that run every few minutes. That works fine. I have other workers that run once per day or even once per week. It doesn''t make sense to have them running all the time. I''d

Hi I thought this should suspend the task by 1 minute, but it starts immediately: MiddleMan.ask_work( :worker => :bar_worker, :worker_method => :test_method, :trigger_args => { :start => (Time.now + 1.minute)}) Is the start argument not allowed in the new backgroundrb (mine is at rev HEAD (=314))? What can I do about this? I really need to suspend starting the task as I want