Question

I have a script that works great, except that it randomly fails generating new files…

this is the code:

...
file_log_path = File.join(Rails.root, 'log', "xls_import_#{Time.now.to_i}.log")
@log = File.new(file_log_path, 'w+')
....

and this is the error inside delayed_job.log

2012-12-21T18:18:41+0100: [Worker(delayed_job host:webserver2.netbanana.it pid:24482)] LoadDataFromCsv failed with Errno::ENOENT: No such file or directory - /var/www/rails/myapp/releases/20121210093945/log/xls_import_1356110321.log - 0 failed attempts
2012-12-21T18:18:41+0100: [Worker(delayed_job host:webserver2.netbanana.it pid:24482)] PERMANENTLY removing LoadDataFromCsv because of 1 consecutive failures.

Other times, it works! Someone can help me?

— edit:

Well… it seems that Rails.root uses a wrong deploy path… in fact /var/www/rails/myapp/releases/20121210093945 doesn’t exists.

But, as I said, the script sometimes works, sometimes not… If I reload delayed_job, my script works a few, and then start failing.

Answer 1

I found several delayed_job processes (zombies), still running… killed them all (not metallica’s song) and now it works!