everyx 1.0.1 → 1.0.2

data/History.txt

@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+== 1.0.2 / 2007-11-13
+
+* Remove some debugging output
+* Add in a FileMonitor task
+
 == 1.0.1 / 2007-11-10
 
 * Change 'task' call to 'call', rather than 'run', so procs and all work nicely.

data/lib/everyx.rb

@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 module Everyx
-  VERSION = '1.0.1'
+  VERSION = '1.0.2'
+
+  # The class that responsible for running the periodic task
   class Everyx
     def initialize
       @threads = []
@@ -32,6 +34,46 @@ module Everyx
 
 
   module PeriodicTasks
+    # This class will monitor a file, and create an NServer message when
+    # every the file modification time changes.
+    #
+    # You'll have to set the +fname+ for the file.
+    class FileMonitor
+      require 'rubygems'
+      require 'nserver'
+
+      attr :fname, :writable => true
+
+      def initialize
+        @fname = nil
+        @mtime = nil
+      end
+
+      def check
+        new_time = File.mtime(@fname)
+        if new_time != @mtime
+          @mtime = new_time
+          return true
+        else
+          return false
+        end
+      end
+
+      def call
+        if check
+          NServer::Client.try_notify("File #{@fname} modified.")
+        end
+      end
+
+    end
+
+    # This class will fetch and parse a RSS feed.  It will create an NServer
+    # alert with all the 'titles' of the entries whenever the feed updates.
+    #
+    # Try not to run this one every minute, as it generally annoys the feed
+    # owner.  15 minutes is fairly "standard."
+    #
+    # You'll have to set the +uri+ before you schedule this.
     class RSSNotifier
       require 'rss/1.0'
       require 'rss/2.0'
@@ -40,10 +82,8 @@ module Everyx
       require 'nserver'
 
       attr :uri, :writable => true
-      attr :delay, :writable => true
-      
       def initialize
-        @uri, @delay = nil, ( 60 * 15 )
+        @uri = nil
         @last = nil
       end
 
@@ -54,7 +94,7 @@ module Everyx
         rss.items.each do |item|
           if item.link != @last
             first_new = item.link unless first_new
-            new << item.title
+            new << "* #{item.title}"
           else
             break
           end
@@ -63,10 +103,7 @@ module Everyx
         @last = first_new if first_new
 
         if new.size > 0
-          puts "#{new.size} items"
           NServer::Client.try_notify( new.join("\n") )
-        else
-          puts "No new items."
         end
       end
 

metadata

@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ rubygems_version: 0.9.4.5
 specification_version: 2
 name: everyx
 version: !ruby/object:Gem::Version 
-  version: 1.0.1
-date: 2007-11-10 00:00:00 -05:00
+  version: 1.0.2
+date: 2007-11-13 00:00:00 -05:00
 summary: Code to run some classes every x seconds
 require_paths: 
 - lib