From: Joseph McDonald <joe@...>
Date: 2001-07-10T05:17:26+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:17555] Re: What happens when File.new fails?


BWD> What happens when I try to open a non-existant file:

BWD>     fh = File.new('missing-file.txt')

BWD> It appears that an exception is thrown, but I can't find any documentation
BWD> to that effect in the pickaxe book.

Try this:

begin
  fh = File.new('missing-file.txt')
rescue
  p $!
end

prints:
#<Errno::ENOENT: No such file or directory - "missing-file.txt">

regards,
-joe