From: nobu.nokada@...
Date: 2002-04-04T15:19:10+09:00
Subject: Re: Processing Net module errors

Hi,

At Thu, 4 Apr 2002 12:30:55 +0900,
Viktor Eydel wrote:
> Either nobody understood the question or it was really too stupid...
> Probably the last one! I fixed it up, sorry for bothering you guys.

Just you are too impatience.

> > 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.

  begin
    ftp = FTP.new(host)
  rescue SocketError, FTPError
    # intercept
  end

or, the bellow returns nil at any standard errors.

  (FTP.new(host) rescue nil)

-- 
Nobu Nakada