gistfile1.rb

#!/usr/bin/env ruby
require File.expand_path(File.dirname(__FILE__)) + '/../../config/boot' 
rails_root = File.expand_path RAILS_ROOT

ENV["RAILS_ENV"] ||= "production"

Dir.chdir(rails_root) # Change current directory to RAILS_ROOT 
require "config/environment" # Start up rails
require 'stock.rb'

$running = true
Signal.trap("TERM") do 
  $running = false
end

while($running) do
  #makes work the production logger.
  RAILS_DEFAULT_LOGGER.auto_flushing = 1
  s = Stock.new
  col_time = s.time
  
  if s.open?
    #Hopefully using this statment we dont have to use a monitor.
    ActiveRecord::Base.connection.reconnect!
    s.parsing
    ActiveRecord::Base.logger.info "Getting Stock info at #{col_time}.\n"
    #lets close the logger.
    RAILS_DEFAULT_LOGGER.auto_flushing = 1000
    sleep 1200 #1200 secs = 20 mins.
  else
    if(col_time > s.close_time)
      Record.delete_last_history_day(s)
      ActiveRecord::Base.logger.info "Deleting last day records, last day => '#{s.last_day}'"
    end
    ActiveRecord::Base.logger.info "Sleeping at #{col_time}.\n"
    RAILS_DEFAULT_LOGGER.auto_flushing = 1000
    sleep s.secs_til_open #sleeps til next open day.
  end
  
end