Using whenever for editing cront tasks which backups database.

.gitignore

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ config/site_keys.yml
 config/sphinx.yml
 config/*.sphinx.conf
 config/backup_fu.yml
+config/schedule.rb
 config/initializers/hoptoad.rb
 db/sphinx/**/*.spa
 db/sphinx/**/*.spd

config/environment.rb

@@ -97,6 +97,9 @@
   #sending mails from google.
   config.gem 'ambethia-smtp-tls', :lib => 'smtp-tls', :version => '~> 1.1.2'
 
+  #whenever for configuring cron tasks.
+  config.gem 'javan-whenever', :lib => false, :source => 'http://gems.github.com'
+
   # Required only for project development
   #  config.gem 'flay'
   #  config.gem 'flog'

config/schedule_example.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+# Use this file to easily define all of your cron jobs.
+#
+# It's helpful, but not entirely necessary to understand cron before proceeding.
+# http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cron
+
+# Example:
+#
+# set :cron_log, "/path/to/my/cron_log.log"
+#
+# every 2.hours do
+#   command "/usr/bin/some_great_command"
+#   runner "MyModel.some_method"
+#   rake "some:great:rake:task"
+# end
+#
+# every 4.days do
+#   runner "AnotherModel.prune_old_records"
+# end
+
+# Learn more: http://github.com/javan/whenever
+
+
+# We use backup_fu for backuping database.
+
+#every 1.day, :at => '2:30 pm' do
+#  rake "backup_fu:all"
+#end
+
+#every 1.day, :at => '2:30 am' do
+#  rake "backup_fu:all"
+#end
+
+#every 2.hours do
+#  rake "sphinx:index"
+#end

lib/tasks/config_copy.rake

@@ -4,5 +4,6 @@ namespace :config do
     #FIXME: Make parameter for source pwd with default option
     puts `cp -v ../config/*.yml config/`
     puts `cp -v ../config/deploy.rb config/`
+    puts `cp -v ../config/schedule.rb config/`
   end
-end
+end