Please try like this:
1 0 * * * /bin/bash -l -c 'cd /home/your/Application/path && rake RAILS_ENV=development parse_and_insert_feed_in_db > /some/dir/file.log'
Question
Suppose, we have a rake task, to be run like,
rake RAILS_ENV=development parse_and_insert_feed_in_db
We can set this task to be execute repeatedly on server using crontab's.
1 0 * * * rake RAILS_ENV=development parse_and_insert_feed_in_db > /some/dir/file.log
How can we set a rake task to be executed on local machine like we set cron on server?
Solution
Please try like this:
1 0 * * * /bin/bash -l -c 'cd /home/your/Application/path && rake RAILS_ENV=development parse_and_insert_feed_in_db > /some/dir/file.log'