Yeah, the gae cron is a lot different than the web2py cron (which is based on traditional crons), because web2py supports any process or internal controller, while GAE only support calling relative URLs in their cron.
In any case, it'd be nice to have a compatibility layer -- if you don't need anything more than what GAE's method provides (calling some internal controller's function), then perhaps we can make web2py support cron.yaml in non-gae deployments, to where it essentially loads the GAE cron jobs as though they were ** tasks? On Aug 28, 7:21 am, mdipierro <[email protected]> wrote: > No but cron does not work on gae either. On gae you can use taskque. > > On Aug 28, 7:25 am, Michael Ellis <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Massimo, can the technique described in the book be used on GAE? > > Thx, > > Mike > > > On Aug 27, 10:23 pm, Bruno Rocha <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Thanks Massimo. > > > , > > > > 2010/8/27 mdipierro <[email protected]> > > > > > Run the web server with -N (no cron) and run a separate backrgound > > > > process for cron. Anyway, there is no way to control how much memory > > > > cron consumes if a cron task takes longer than expected. It is safer > > > > not to use cron (-N) and use this instead: > > > > >http://www.web2py.com/book/default/chapter/04#Background-Processes-an... > > > > > Massimo > > > > > On Aug 27, 7:18 pm, Bruno Rocha <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > I am running a web2py application at my home server, > > > > > that is published and I have some clients using for accurracy tests. > > > > > > But , every 3 hours+- the server fails with the message > > > > > > Exception in thread Thread-20: > > > > > > Traceback (most recent call last): > > > > > > File "/usr/lib/python2.6/threading.py", line 532, in > > > > > __bootstrap_inner > > > > > > self.run() > > > > > > File "/home/bruno/web2py/gluon/newcron.py", line 206, in run > > > > > > shell=self.shell) > > > > > > File "/usr/lib/python2.6/subprocess.py", line 633, in __init__ > > > > > > errread, errwrite) > > > > > > File "/usr/lib/python2.6/subprocess.py", line 1049, in > > > > > _execute_child > > > > > > self.pid = os.fork() > > > > > > OSError: [Errno 12] Do not possible to allocate memory > > > > > > I can see newcron.py is the problem there, but I need to use cron, > > > > > this could be a problem with my OS or machine, or it is a Rocket > > > > > problem? > > > > > > -- > > > > > >http://rochacbruno.com.br > > > > -- > > > >http://rochacbruno.com.br > >
