From: veydel@... (Viktor Eydel)
Date: 2002-04-04T12:30:55+09:00
Subject: Re: Processing Net module errors

Either nobody understood the question or it was really too stupid...
Probably the last one! I fixed it up, sorry for bothering you guys.

veydel@dotcast.com (Viktor Eydel) wrote in message news:<14522cfc.0204031210.3ef819ad@posting.google.com>...
> Hi!
> 
> Looks like in case of all different kinds of network failures, such as
> interface not up, cable unplugged, unknown host name, etc., ruby
> returns SocketError on open_socket call (as it probably should),
> raises some kind of exception and terminates my script. I looked at
> module Net but didn't find anything better then FTPProtoError and the
> like. Which exception do I need to intercept in my rescue clause for
> all sorts of socket failures? I am a kinda new to Ruby, and I
> apologize if I overlooked something very primitive.
> 
> Thanks,
> Vik