delayed_job

#!/usr/bin/env ruby
# -*- ruby -*-
require 'rubygems'
require 'daemon_spawn'

RAILS_ROOT = File.expand_path(File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), '..'))

class DelayedJobWorker < DaemonSpawn::Base
  def start(args)
    ENV['RAILS_ENV'] ||= args.first || 'development'
    Dir.chdir RAILS_ROOT
    require File.join('config', 'environment')

    Delayed::Worker.new.start
  end

  def stop
    system("kill `cat #{RAILS_ROOT}/tmp/pids/delayed_job.pid`")
  end
end

DelayedJobWorker.spawn!(:log_file => File.join(RAILS_ROOT, "log", "delayed_job.log"),
                        :pid_file => File.join(RAILS_ROOT, 'tmp', 'pids', 'delayed_job.pid'),
                        :sync_log => true,
                        :working_dir => RAILS_ROOT)

Replaced

Dir.chdir RAILS_ROOT
require File.join('config', 'environment')

by

require File.join(RAILS_ROOT, 'config', 'environment')

to make it work for me (Rails 3.2.9, Ruby 1.9.3-p194).

Thanks a lot for this solution, it solves my issues with the original script/delayed_job without having to juggle with version of the daemons gem!