ActiveScaffold Export file - Send as Email

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I am using Rails 1.2.3 and Active scaffold 1.1.1 My requirement is to send the export of users data weekly to the admin as email via cron.

How can i automate the process of exporting csv and storing it at a place? So that i can pick it from there and attach to the email before sending?

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Your problem is only partly related to Rails, but here is are some topics that you need to research:

1. How to run Cron jobs in your Linux distribution: * Have a look at "man crontab", "crontab -e", crontab -l"

2. You need to either call a rake task from your cron job, or, you write a simple shell script. Maybe a good start would be looking at the following projects:

* I also wrote a small import/export tool for a Rails application: https://github.com/mulderp/ffcrm_cli Maybe it's helpful, note that you can load your rails environment for any script by using:

require './config/environment'

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Thanks for the reply Patrick.

But my main concern is to store the activescaffold export in the file system. So that i can send it as attachment. I am familiar with cron process.

Thanks

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hi,

I know how to upload file in particular folder and then import that file from that folder in active scaffold.Is this functionality is helpful for you?

Regards,

Vishal Singh

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No, Vishal this will not help. Thanks vishal singh wrote in post #1069417:

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how much experience do your have priya in Ror