From: WayneFChin@... (Wayne F. Chin)
Date: 2002-08-10T09:05:21+09:00
Subject: Re: Catching script end?

Laurent Julliard <Laurent.Julliard@xrce.xerox.com> wrote in message news:<3D53EC0C.5060405@xrce.xerox.com>...
> All,
> 
> Are you aware of anyway to catch the end of a Ruby script execution when 
> there is no explicit exit instruction?
> 
> a) SystemExit seems to be raised only when 'exit' is used explicitely.
> b) I have found a workaround to catch exit! as well by redefining
> 
> But what to do when there is no exit at all ?
> 
> Thanks for your help
> 
> Laurent

How about using an END block?

In this example, I use an END block and its complementarhy BEGIN block:

BEGIN {
  puts 'Welcome'
}

puts 'hello, world'

END {
  puts 'Goodbye, cruel world.'
}

gives:

Welcome
hello, world
Goodbye, cruel world.