class BackupJob < ActiveRecord::Base attr_accessible :started_at, :finished_at, :state, :directory, :size_of_the_backup after_create :start_the_backup private def start_the_backup if self.finished_at.nil? system "backup perform --trigger gs5 --config_file #{Rails.root.join('config','backup.rb')}" self.finished_at = Time.now self.save end end end