Liam,
its own. Is there a way that I can perform this sort of background operation without running a continuous process? Thanks much.
Look at BBQ
http://pastie.textmate.org/private/vxqxcvv40omkrhvnzp6a
More solutions discussed here :
http://nubyonrails.com/articles/about-this-blog-beanstalk-messaging-queue
Alain Ravet