From: Ruby Nuby <cyberforwards@...>
Date: 2009-09-23T03:59:09+09:00
Subject: Re: Can't use a timeout with Socket::getaddrinfo

Joel VanderWerf wrote:
> Ruby Nuby wrote:
>>    begin
>> seconds, then reaches the rescue.  I'd like to know why the rescue code
>> is being reached if the timeout of 2 seconds isn't being used.  Also, is
>> there a way for me to correctly implement a timeout on
>> Socket:getaddrinfo?
>> 
>> Thanks in advance, fellow Rubyists.
> 
> Try resolv.rb in the standard library?

Awesome.  Resolv.getname(ip)..  Thanks.  I didn't realize it was going 
to be that easy.  I assumed there were lower level socket options that 
needed to be set.  Resolv.getname works well with timeouts.

I appreciate the feedback.
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