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If you use the Symbol-Shortcut (:hour or :day at the moment) and leave the at-argument blank, the exact time of execution will be randomized.
This can reduce the load, when multiple jobs run hourly, for example.

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@benlangfeld benlangfeld added this to the 0.10.0 milestone Jun 12, 2016
Comment thread README.md

### ExceptionNotification

If you are using the exception_notification gem (<https://github.com/smartinez87/exception_notification>), enable it for your "runner" cronjobs with:

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Perhaps use a link in Markdown format?

the [exception_notification gem](https://github.com/smartinez87/exception_notification)

Comment thread lib/whenever/cron.rb
def randomize_at(at, time)
return at unless at.nil?
unless time.is_a?(Symbol) && [:hour,:day].include?(time)
#puts 'Sorry, the randomizing-feature works only for symbols :hour and :day'

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Remove debug-oriented code in the PR?

Comment thread lib/whenever/cron.rb

case time
when :hour then return Random.rand(0...59)
when :day then return [23,0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7].sample.to_s + ':' + Random.rand(0...59).to_s

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Trivial: there are more than double spaces after the symbols?

Comment thread lib/whenever/cron.rb
when :hour then return Random.rand(0...59)
when :day then return [23,0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7].sample.to_s + ':' + Random.rand(0...59).to_s
end
return at

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The case statement allows an else case, which would allow all of the "legs" of it to be the last expression of the method = to return the value from the method = to drop the return keyword.


assert_match two_hours + " /bin/bash -l -c 'role1_cmd'", output
assert_match "0 * * * * /bin/bash -l -c 'role2_cmd'", output
#assert_match "0 * * * * /bin/bash -l -c 'role2_cmd'", output

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this is commented out?

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This would be really useful functionality. @benlangfeld or @javan is this something you're interested in merging if I clean up the PR?

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I like the idea. If it can be cleaned up, I’ll take a look more closely.

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thanks @benlangfeld. I started working on this over at this branch. I have this patch mostly cleaned up but have found a couple other issues with it. I will check back in with a PR when I either get it sorted or am ready to beg for help. thanks!

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