From: Rajeswar reddy Gaulla Date: 2010-04-01T15:41:20+09:00 Subject: Re: socket programming...lsof? require 'socket' host = 'localhost' port = 47408 begin Timeout::timeout(10){TCPSocket.open(host , port).puts"'#{port}' port opened"} rescue puts "'#{host}' :: '#{port}' port not opened\n " end -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.