# Reaper is not restarting mongrel with the latest release path? (but rather an earlier releases path **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [September 8, 2008, 7:22am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/reaper-is-not-restarting-mongrel-with-the-latest-release-path-but-rather-an-earlier-releases-path/147999 "2008-09-08T07:22:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![greg](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/71c47a/32.png) [@greg](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/greg)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2008, 7:22am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/reaper-is-not-restarting-mongrel-with-the-latest-release-path-but-rather-an-earlier-releases-path/147999/1 "2008-09-08T07:22:32Z")
Hi, I’ve tracked my “cap deploy” problems down to the fact that (at least with the unix user I’ve created for use with capistrano) when “script/process/reaper” is run, whilst it restarts the ruby process the resulting ruby process itself has a path that reflects the previous “release” path, not the latest one that was put in place as a result of capistrano. Note that the link (created by ln …etc) is correct, so it seems “cap deploy” did it’s job correctly except that the “reaper” call when it restarts the ruby processes does use the latest “current” path. If I log onto the prod server with this user and manually run “reaper” the same issue occurs. Any ideas? Also, I can’t quite see in the reaper code in rails how it actually repopulates the PID file with the new PID number after a restart? Does mongrel itself do this when it received the “kill -s USR2”? === standard out ====== Macintosh-2:myequity greg$ cap deploy --debug - executing `deploy’ - executing `deploy:update’ \*\* transaction: start - executing `deploy:update\_code’ - executing “svn checkout -q -r85 [http://10.1.1.1:3690/svn/myequity/trunk](http://10.1.1.1:3690/svn/myequity/trunk) /u/apps/myequity/releases/20080908032908 && (echo 85 \> /u/apps/ myequity/releases/20080908032908/REVISION)” Preparing to execute command: svn checkout -q -r85 [http://10.1.1.1:3690/svn/myequity/trunk](http://10.1.1.1:3690/svn/myequity/trunk) /u/apps/myequity/releases/ 20080908032908 && (echo 85 \> /u/apps/myequity/releases/20080908032908/ REVISION) Execute ([Yes], No, Abort) ? |y| y servers: [“10.1.1.1”] Password: [callagga@10.1.1.1] executing command command finished - executing `deploy:finalize\_update’ - executing “chmod -R g+w /u/apps/myequity/releases/20080908032908” Preparing to execute command: chmod -R g+w /u/apps/myequity/releases/ 20080908032908 Execute ([Yes], No, Abort) ? |y| y servers: [“10.1.1.1”] [callagga@10.1.1.1] executing command command finished - executing “rm -rf /u/apps/myequity/releases/20080908032908/log /u/ apps/myequity/releases/20080908032908/public/system /u/apps/myequity/ releases/20080908032908/tmp/pids &&\n mkdir -p /u/apps/myequity/ releases/20080908032908/public &&\n mkdir -p /u/apps/myequity/ releases/20080908032908/tmp &&\n ln -s /u/apps/myequity/shared/ log /u/apps/myequity/releases/20080908032908/log &&\n ln -s /u/ apps/myequity/shared/system /u/apps/myequity/releases/20080908032908/ public/system &&\n ln -s /u/apps/myequity/shared/pids /u/apps/ myequity/releases/20080908032908/tmp/pids” Preparing to execute command: rm -rf /u/apps/myequity/releases/ 20080908032908/log /u/apps/myequity/releases/20080908032908/public/ system /u/apps/myequity/releases/20080908032908/tmp/pids && mkdir -p /u/apps/myequity/releases/20080908032908/public && mkdir -p /u/apps/myequity/releases/20080908032908/tmp && ln -s /u/apps/myequity/shared/log /u/apps/myequity/releases/ 20080908032908/log && ln -s /u/apps/myequity/shared/system /u/apps/myequity/releases/ 20080908032908/public/system && ln -s /u/apps/myequity/shared/pids /u/apps/myequity/releases/ 20080908032908/tmp/pids Execute ([Yes], No, Abort) ? |y| y servers: [“10.1.1.1”] [callagga@10.1.1.1] executing command command finished - executing “find /u/apps/myequity/releases/20080908032908/public/ images /u/apps/myequity/releases/20080908032908/public/stylesheets /u/ apps/myequity/releases/20080908032908/public/javascripts -exec touch - t 200809080329.22 {} ‘;’; true” Preparing to execute command: find /u/apps/myequity/releases/ 20080908032908/public/images /u/apps/myequity/releases/20080908032908/ public/stylesheets /u/apps/myequity/releases/20080908032908/public/ javascripts -exec touch -t 200809080329.22 {} ‘;’; true Execute ([Yes], No, Abort) ? |y| y servers: [“10.1.1.1”] [callagga@10.1.1.1] executing command command finished - executing `deploy:symlink’ - executing “rm -f /u/apps/myequity/current && ln -s /u/apps/ myequity/releases/20080908032908 /u/apps/myequity/current” Preparing to execute command: rm -f /u/apps/myequity/current && ln -s / u/apps/myequity/releases/20080908032908 /u/apps/myequity/current Execute ([Yes], No, Abort) ? |y| y servers: [“10.1.1.1”] [callagga@10.1.1.1] executing command command finished \*\* transaction: commit - executing `deploy:restart’ - executing “sudo -p 'sudo password: ’ -u callagga /u/apps/myequity/ current/script/process/reaper” Preparing to execute command: sudo -p 'sudo password: ’ -u callagga /u/ apps/myequity/current/script/process/reaper Execute ([Yes], No, Abort) ? |y| y servers: [“10.1.1.1”] [callagga@10.1.1.1] executing command \*\*\* [err :: [callagga@10.1.1.1](mailto:callagga@10.1.1.1)] \*\* [out :: [callagga@10.1.1.1](mailto:callagga@10.1.1.1)] Restarting 19776 command finished Macintosh-2:myequity greg$ ==================== # callagga 20557 2.8 5.3 29928 27112 ? S 13:29 0:03 ruby / usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/mongrel-1.1.5/bin/mongrel\_rails start -d -a 0.0.0.0 -p 3001 -P /u/apps/myequity/releases/20080908032044/tmp/pids/ dispatch.3001.pid -e production -c /u/apps/myequity/releases/ 20080908032044 -l /u/apps/myequity/releases/20080908032044/log/ mongrel.log