From: Brian Candler <B.Candler@...>
Date: 2003-06-01T07:07:33+09:00
Subject: Re: ncurses + redirect output

On Sun, Jun 01, 2003 at 06:38:49AM +0900, Simon Strandgaard wrote:
> STORY: ncurses output goes to $stdout.
> if an error happens in the ruby code, then backtrace is written to
> $stdout. 
> 
> PROBLEM: I cannot see this backtrace.. and I would really like to see what
> went wrong, so it can be fixed.

I think such things are normally written to stderr, so you should be able to
do $stderr.reopen instead.

Otherwise, you can always do:

  errfile = File.open("log","a")
  begin
    run_my_ruby_code
  rescue Exception
    errfile.puts "Error: #{$!}\nBacktrace: #{$!.backtrace}"
  end

Regards,

Brian.