From: "David E." <davidreynon@...>
Date: 2010-11-30T05:24:06+09:00
Subject: Re: when using system(), how do I redirect Exception msgs?

David E. wrote in post #964857:
> So from my console, I execute the Ruby script via:
>
> ruby TestSuite.rb > /Users/dave/Desktop/outputtext.xml
>
> Within my script I have several
> ---
> begin
>  system('ruby /Users/dave/Desktop/testruby.rb');
>  system('ruby /Users/dave/Desktop/testruby2.rb');
>  system('ruby /Users/dave/Desktop/testruby3.rb');
> rescue Exception=>msg
>  puts("Hi there exception")
>  puts(msg)
> end
> ---
>
> calls...
>
> To test it, I put in testruby4.rb, but no file called testruby4.rb
> exists.
>
> I get a LoadError Exception as expected, and in my script I see the
> trace on the console, but not via the puts() commands...
>
> How come the script is ignoring the rescue clause I have here and how
> can I get it to not ignore it?
>
> THanks!


I answered/found my own question.

Instead of system(), I use load(). This seems to run the script within 
the "Calling script" context. I'll figure out more exactly why, but it 
seems as if load() works.

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