From: Graham Nicholls <graham@...>
Date: 2004-07-02T20:12:51+09:00
Subject: Exceptions list - Unix ENOENT not the name of the exception - what is?


Hi,
I'm trying to open a file, and if the user hasn't given an extension, adding
one, but I can't find out what exception to use.  If I leave off the rescue 
statements, then I see ENOENT, so try using that, but get a NameError -
ENOENT is the Unix error, not Ruby's.  So, what is the exception for a
missing file on IO.foreach, and how in general can I get a list of
exceptions or find out which is the right one to use?

eg:


        if $include_header
                orig_hdr_fname=header_fname
                begin
                        IO.foreach(header_fname) do |hdr_line|
                                # Allow comments in header files:
                                opfile.write(hdr_line) if hdr_line !~ /^\s*#/
                        end
                rescue IOError <---- THIS IS THE PROBLEM
                        header_fname=header_fname+"frt"
                        printf("Error reading header file %s - trying
%s\n",orig_hdr_fname,header_fname)
                        retry
                rescue => err
                        printf("Error opening header file %s\n",err)
                        exit(BAD_FILE)
                end
Thanks
-- 
Graham Nicholls
With Linux, the answer's always "Yes"