From: David Garamond <lists@...6.isreserved.com>
Date: 2004-05-31T19:55:07+09:00
Subject: Re: elegant way to say "try this thing, one at a time, until condition is met"

nobu.nokada@softhome.net wrote:
>   count = 0
>   until unmount("/usr") && unmount("/usr2")
>     case count += 1
>     when 1
>       system "/etc/init.d/httpd stop"
>       system "/etc/init.d/squid stop"
>     when 2
>       kill("rdiff-backup", :TERM)
>       sleep 3
>     when 3
>       kill("rdiff-backup", :KILL)
>       sleep 3
>     end
>   end

Thanks to all. I like this one best :-) The 1, 2, 3, ... clearly shows 
the increasing step (from less to more extreme) which I would take to 
meet the condition.

-- 
dave