From: Detlef Reichl <detlef.reichl@...>
Date: 2005-11-04T03:08:50+09:00
Subject: Re: Continous running thread

On Fr, 2005-11-04 at 03:02 +0900, iamscottwalter@gmail.com wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I have a simple task, I want to have a Thread that will every 2 minutes
> perfom a task.  I have tried:
> 
>   thread = Thread.new do
>     while true
>        puts "Scott"
>        sleep 10000
>     end
> end
> 
> But it seems to only print "scott" once.  How can I in Ruby have a
> thread that will puts "scott" ervery 10 seconds?
> 
Hi

sleep sleeps for seconds not for milliseconds. Try   slee 10

Cheers
detlef


> Thanks in advance.
> 
>