cron.rb

# Gemfile
#
# ---8<---
# source :rubygems
#
# gem 'yajl-ruby', :require => 'yajl'
# #gem 'ruote'
# gem 'ruote', :git => 'git://github.com/jmettraux/ruote.git'
# --->8---

require 'ruote'

ruote =
  Ruote::Dashboard.new(
    Ruote::Worker.new(
      Ruote::HashStorage.new('ruby_eval_allowed' => true)))
ruote.noisy = (ENV['NOISY'] == 'true')


#
# define process
#

#pdef =
#  Ruote.define do
#    cron '* * * * *' do
#      echo '${r:Time.now.to_s} hello'
#    end
#  end
    #
    # too thin

pdef =
  Ruote.define do

    define 'intermittent_check' do
      echo '${r:Time.now.to_s} is the door open? No? Good.'
    end

    cron '* * * * *' do
      intermittent_check :forget => true
    end
  end
    #
    # slightly more convoluted


#
# run process
#

ruote.launch(pdef)
ruote.join