From: Florian Gilcher Date: 2012-06-04T10:43:39+09:00 Subject: Re: rvm - how to run a ruby script via crontab? On Jun 3, 2012, at 10:29 PM, Wybo Dekker wrote: > On 2012-06-02 22:03, Florian Gilcher wrote: >> >> On Jun 2, 2012, at 9:35 PM, Arun Tomar wrote: >> >>> On 06/03/2012 12:57 AM, Wybo Dekker wrote: >>>> I have, for the first time, installed ruby using rvm. >>>> I run my backups via crontab, calling a bash script that runs a ruby >>>> script. However, that script now tell me that it doesn't know about ruby. >>>> So I entered two lines in the bash script: >>>> >>>> RVM=/usr/local/rvm/scripts/rvm >>>> test -e $RVM && source $RVM >>>> >>>> and it runs OK; but it seems to me that this is not the way it should be >>>> done. Is it? >>>> >>> >>> Cron runs as sh shell. it doesn't read bashrc or profile.d files like >>> rvm.sh. so it will not know where to find ruby that's installed in rvm. >>> >>> for one of our project this is how we've been running things: >>> >>> Note : We recommend to add cron job for checking the available network connections. Add following into the crontab : >>> */5 * * * * bash -c 'source /etc/profile.d/rvm.sh && /usr/bin/env ruby /usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p125/bin/ispunity monitor' >>> >>> also have a look at this >>> >>> https://rvm.io/integration/cron/ >> >> Newer RVMs also have a script called `rvm_shell`. >> >> $RVM_INSTALL_LOCATION/bin/rvm_shell 1.9.3 -c 'ispunity monitor' > > That would better, because calling something containing the 1.9.3-p125 > would have to be changed with every change of the ruby version. > However, although I suppose I have the newest rvm (1.14.0), I have no > rvm_shell I am sorry, it is "rvm-shell". [ skade Florian-Gilchers-MacBook-Pro ~ ] which rvm-shell /Users/skade/.rvm/bin/rvm-shell [ skade Florian-Gilchers-MacBook-Pro ~ ] rvm --version rvm 1.12.1 () by Wayne E. Seguin , Michal Papis [https://rvm.io/] Regards, Florian -- Florian Gilcher smtp: flo@andersground.net jabber: Skade@jabber.ccc.de gpg: 533148E2