Generally, you want to put this sort of thing in a rake task (instead of a script) and then your cron is just cd /application_rails_directory; rake do_my_thing --RAILS_ENV=production
> On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 12:57 PM, Duane Morin > <rails-mailing-l...@andreas-s.net> wrote: >> >> I could swear I've seen instructions before on how to do this, but I >> can't find them. I've got a backend process that runs in the same >> environment as my webapp, injecting data into the model. In the >> interests of not repeating myself I'd like to take advantage of the >> app/models from my webapp as well as my config/database.yml information. >> >> Normally when running the script by hand I'd go into script/console and >> just do a 'require' on it. This has served me quite nicely, actually. >> >> But I've got to put this into a cron job and take the people out of the >> loop. Is there a "right" way to do that, and simulate all those >> assumptions that the console has to make before running my script? As >> far as I can figure the console app does not have a standard "start up, >> run X script and then exit" option. I suppose I can just string >> together all the necessary requires at the top of my script, manually >> including the model files I need and such. I'm just trying to figure >> out if there's a better/cleaner way already out there. >> >> [This feels like a FAQ and trust me, I'm googling as best I can and just >> not finding it! I hate asking when I feel like I should know the >> answer...] --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
