cron and bundle exec problem

Question

I've upgraded to rails 3.0.9 which has introduced the rake issues. I've gotten it all resolved except for a problem with a cron job.

This used to work:

#!/bin/sh
source /usr/local/rvm/scripts/rvm 
cd /home/p1r65759/apps/abbc/
/usr/local/bin/rake refresh_events RAILS_ENV=production

But now I get this error: You have already activated rake 0.8.7, but your Gemfile requires rake 0.9.2. Consider using bundle exec. /home/p1r65759/apps/abbc/Rakefile:4:in `' (See full trace by running task with --trace)

How do I modify my script to use bundle exec so it will use the proper version of rake and run successfully? Thanks.

Answer 1

If you are using bundler for your application then you don't need to use "/usr/local/bin/rake" as a path for rake.

you can just use

bundle exec rake

so your new script will be

#!/bin/sh
source /usr/local/rvm/scripts/rvm 
cd /home/p1r65759/apps/abbc/
bundle exec rake refresh_events RAILS_ENV=production

bundle exec will work because you are already in your project directory.

And don't forgot to include rake in your Gemfile.

Answer 2

instead of

/usr/local/bin/rake refresh_events RAILS_ENV=production

you should use

bundle exec rake refresh_events RAILS_ENV=production

or better yet install your bundle with --binstubs:

bundle install --binstubs --without development test

then you will have bin/rake:

./bin/rake refresh_events RAILS_ENV=production