Merge pull request #861 from itsmrwave/update_readme_sleep_time

Add sleep_delay description
collectiveidea · Dec 28, 2015 · 66abea1 · 66abea1
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@@ -436,6 +436,8 @@ By default all jobs will be queued without a named queue. A default named queue
 
 It is possible to disable delayed jobs for testing purposes. Set `Delayed::Worker.delay_jobs = false` to execute all jobs realtime.
 
+If no jobs are found, the worker sleeps for the amount of time specified by the sleep delay option. Set `Delayed::Worker.sleep_delay = 60` for a 60 second sleep time.
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 Or `Delayed::Worker.delay_jobs` can be a Proc that decides whether to execute jobs inline on a per-job basis:
 
 ```ruby