From: "bashar.ayyash@..." <bashar.ayyash@...>
Date: 2007-11-08T19:45:08+09:00
Subject: Re: Schedule Ruby Code!

On Nov 8, 9:52 am, John Mettraux <jmettr...@openwfe.org> wrote:
> On Nov 8, 2007 3:38 PM,bashar.ayy...@gmail.com <bashar.ayy...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hello,
>
> > I want to build a ruby script that list contents of a folder and put
> > this list in a generated XML files (actually two files), and I want to
> > schedule this script to run every 30 minutes.
>
> > Pls. if you could tell me where I should start and how to make this
> > script run every 30 minutes, I'm new to the language I liked it and I
> > want to learn it more.
>
> HiBashar,
>
> To list the content of a folder, take a look at the Dir class
> (http://corelib.rubyonrails.org/classes/Dir.html), if you need
> something a bit more 'recursive', look at Find
> (http://stdlib.rubyonrails.org/libdoc/find/rdoc/index.html).
>
> To generate the XML file, have a look at REXML,http://www.germane-software.com/software/rexml/docs/tutorial.html
>
> Now for the scheduling, as Mohit said, let the "cron" system of your
> platform run your job.
>
> If you want to stay Ruby, you can use the OpenWFEru scheduler and
> write something like :
>
> ---8<---
>
> require 'rubygems'
> require 'openwfe/util/scheduler'
>     # sudo gem install openwferu-scheduler
>
> s = OpenWFE::Scheduler.new
> s.start
>
> s.schedule("0,30 * * * *") do
>     # twice per hour, at minute 0 and at minute 30
>
>     generate_xml_file()
>         # your method
> end
>
> --->8---
>
> more info athttp://openwferu.rubyforge.org/scheduler.html
>
> If your script is just a sysadmin helper, it's probably wiser to stick
> with the cron utility of your platform.
>
> Best regards,
>
> --
> John Mettraux   -///-  http://jmettraux.openwfe.org

Thank you very much John for your help and giving me great tips...!