From: Ola Bini <ola.bini@...>
Date: 2006-07-17T18:51:13+09:00
Subject: Re: Catch ^c/signals? blocks?

Elite Force wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I'm kinda new to ruby and have a few questions.
> 
> If i run a ruby script it can be interrupted with ^c or signals (e.g. 
> killall ruby"). Is it possible to catch those to do cleanup stuff before 
> exiting?
> 
> Whats the difference between { ... } and do ... end? Are they both 
> blocks? When to use what?
> 
> I'd really appreciate it if you could answer my questions, thanks.
> 

I would recommend that you lookup either the method Kernel#trap, the 
class Signal, or maybe both?

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