From: Bill Atkins <batkins57@...>
Date: 2004-10-05T10:20:57+09:00
Subject: Re: Timeout error?

Add a rescue clause for the exception you're getting:

  begin
    ...
  rescue Timeout::Error => e
    ...
  rescue Errno::ETIMEDOUT => e
    ...
  end

Is that what you're looking for?

Bill Atkins

On Tue, 5 Oct 2004 06:09:53 +0900, Mark Probert <probertm@nospam-acm.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi ..
> 
> I have the following code:
> 
>   def alive?(host,port)
>     ok = false
>     begin
>         Timeout::timeout(30) {
>             begin
>                 t = TCPSocket.new(host,port)
>                 t.close
>                 ok = true
>             rescue Exception => e
>                 @exception = e
>             end
>         }
>      rescue Timeout::Error => e
>          @exception = e
>      end
>      return ok
>   end
> 
> In a known failure case, TCPSocket will fail (no host connectivity).
> This will cause timeout() to trigger an exception that will get caught by
> the Timeout::Error handler.  Right?
> 
> However,
> 
> 13:56 (hobbes)$ ruby foo.rb
> Exception `Errno::ETIMEDOUT' at ./bsn.rb:150 - Connection timed out -
> 
> 13:57 (hobbes)$ ruby -v
> ruby 1.8.1 (2003-12-25) [i386-cygwin]
> 
> What is the right way of handling this exception?
> 
> --
> -mark.  (probertm @ acm dot org)
> 
>