From: DMisener <DAMisener@...>
Date: 2008-09-19T01:27:29+09:00
Subject: Re: at_exit handler *except* for fatal runtime error

On Sep 18, 1:03 pm, Robert Klemme <shortcut...@googlemail.com> wrote:
> 2008/9/18 synergism <synerg...@gmail.com>:
>
> > How do we execute a handler (I assume via at_exit) when a program
> > terminates *except* when there was a fatal runtime error (e.g. any
> > error such as "divide by zero" that terminates the program)?
>
> You can use exit! for this:
>
...
> -e:1: Foo (RuntimeError)
> 18:09:21 ~$ ruby -e 'at_exit { puts "exiting" }; exit! 1'
> 18:09:27 ~$
>
> Catch specific errors and use exit! to exit the program.  Then your
> handlers won't be invoked.
>

But out above example we want to suppress the  file rename for any
"unanticipated exception" -- which
is just the opposite of the solution you presented :=).