From a94dda4b8be7aea354509ce3a31d90fa2832d361 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Javan Makhmali <javan@javan.us>
Date: Sun, 6 Mar 2011 17:31:17 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] allow raw cron sytanx

---
 README.md                         |  4 ++++
 lib/whenever/cron.rb              |  1 +
 test/functional/output_at_test.rb | 17 +++++++++++++++++
 test/unit/cron_test.rb            |  9 +++++++++
 4 files changed, 31 insertions(+)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 1477e7f..f11bdff 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -37,6 +37,10 @@ This will create an initial "config/schedule.rb" file you.
       runner "Task.do_something_great"
     end
 
+		every '0 0 27-31 * *' do
+			command "echo 'you can use raw cron sytax too'"
+		end
+
 More examples on the wiki: <http://wiki.github.com/javan/whenever/instructions-and-examples>
 
 ### Define your own job types
diff --git a/lib/whenever/cron.rb b/lib/whenever/cron.rb
index 8e16bc6..ea14b0c 100644
--- a/lib/whenever/cron.rb
+++ b/lib/whenever/cron.rb
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ module Whenever
 
       def time_in_cron_syntax
         case @time
+          when /^.+ .+ .+ .+ .+.?$/ then @time # raw cron sytax given
           when Symbol then parse_symbol
           when String then parse_as_string
           else parse_time
diff --git a/test/functional/output_at_test.rb b/test/functional/output_at_test.rb
index a239655..96fe6d4 100644
--- a/test/functional/output_at_test.rb
+++ b/test/functional/output_at_test.rb
@@ -248,4 +248,21 @@ class OutputAtTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
       assert_match '27,29,31,33,35,37,39,41,43,45,47,49,51,53,55,57,59 * * * * blahblah', @output
     end
   end
+  
+  context "using raw cron syntax" do
+    setup do
+      @output = Whenever.cron \
+      <<-file
+        set :job_template, nil
+        every '0 0 27-31 * *' do
+          command "blahblah"
+        end
+      file
+    end
+    
+    should "output the command using the same cron syntax" do
+      assert_match '0 0 27-31 * * blahblah', @output
+    end
+  end
+  
 end
diff --git a/test/unit/cron_test.rb b/test/unit/cron_test.rb
index 6eafa4c..5427a31 100644
--- a/test/unit/cron_test.rb
+++ b/test/unit/cron_test.rb
@@ -199,6 +199,15 @@ class CronTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
       end
     end
   end
+  
+  context "When given raw cron sytax" do
+    should "return the same cron sytax" do
+      crons = ['0 0 27-31 * *', '* * * * *', '2/3 1,9,22 11-26 1-6 *']
+      crons.each do |cron|
+        assert_equal cron, parse_time(cron)
+      end
+    end
+  end
 
 private