*without a scheduling system

On 6/6/06, x1 <caldridge / gmail.com> wrote:
> I would either fix cron or use
> at(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/At_(Unix_command))
>
> While all these options work, in a production environment I wouldnt
> feel right with a scheduling system of some sort. autosys/cron/at etc.
>
>
> On 6/6/06, Hunter <walkerhunter / gmail.com> wrote:
> > Jeff Pritchard wrote:
> > > Not to be contrarian, but pickaxe page 180 says that ARGV[0] is not the
> > > name of the program (unlike in C).  There's other stuff I don't get
> > > about your snippet as well.
> > > Why ["ruby" + ARGV]????  Seems like you're using + to add an array to a
> > > string?  Can you explain it for us newbies?
> > >
> > > Working from Pickaxe page 180 I would have come up with something like:
> > > sleep 180                                      # obvious
> > > pieces = [ruby, $0].concat(ARGV)  # $0 is program name
> > > exec pieces.join(' ')                        # to string and execute it
> > >
> > > BTW, many rubyist's would, I think, stick the .join(' ') on the end of
> > > the array composition, like this:
> > > exec [ruby, $0].concat(ARGV).join(' ')
> > >
> > > Is there a move away from such Perlish pursuits, or are you still
> > > considered a "Sheila" if you split things like this up into more easily
> > > understandable pieces?
> > >
> > > thanks,
> > > jp
> > >
> > >
> > > unknown wrote:
> > >> On Wed, 7 Jun 2006, Hunter Walker wrote:
> > >>
> > >>>
> > >>> --
> > >>> Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> sleep 180
> > >> exec ["ruby" + ARGV].join(' ')
> > >>
> > >> -a
> >
> > I just got an error when I tried the code below:
> >
> > exec ["ruby" + ARGV].join(' ')
> >
> > I'll try the code you suggested, JP.  Thanks!
> >
> > --
> > Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.
> >
> >
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