Self-Scheduling Ruby Scripts
Posted: August 20th, 2009 | Author: Jerod | Filed under: Ruby | Tags: cron, whenever | Comments OffWhenever is an awesome library that:
“provides a clean ruby syntax for defining messy cron jobs and running them Whenever.”
Whenever has become very popular for use with Rails apps and there are plenty of tutorials on how to use it. This RailsCast is a good place to get started if you’re interested in that.
However, I haven’t seen too many people writing about using the library outside of Rails (or other web frameworks).
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