I wanted to use Socket.gethostname to get the current hostname
without executing a unix command. So:
require 'socket'
$this_host = Socket.gethostname
I have to run this code on several platforms, and it turned out that
some of them do not have 'socket'. So, my first idea was change
it to:
begin
require 'socket'
$this_host = Socket.gethostname
rescue
$this_host = `hostname`.chomp
end
but the require still caused the script to terminate on the platforms
which didn't have 'socket'. I already have an alternate solution for
this specific case, but I'm wondering if there was something that I
missed. Is there any way to catch errors from a require command?
···
--
Garance Alistair Drosehn = drosihn@gmail.com
Senior Systems Programmer
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Troy, NY; USA
I wanted to use Socket.gethostname to get the current hostname
without executing a unix command. So:
require 'socket'
$this_host = Socket.gethostname
I have to run this code on several platforms, and it turned out that
some of them do not have 'socket'. So, my first idea was change
it to:
begin
require 'socket'
$this_host = Socket.gethostname
rescue
$this_host = `hostname`.chomp
end
but the require still caused the script to terminate on the platforms
which didn't have 'socket'. I already have an alternate solution for
this specific case, but I'm wondering if there was something that I
missed. Is there any way to catch errors from a require command?
begin
require 'foo'
rescue LoadError
puts "You need foo for this!"
end
···
On Aug 31, 2006, at 10:39 PM, Garance A Drosehn wrote:
--
Garance Alistair Drosehn = drosihn@gmail.com
Senior Systems Programmer
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Troy, NY; USA
I wanted to use Socket.gethostname to get the current hostname
without executing a unix command. So:
require 'socket'
$this_host = Socket.gethostname
I have to run this code on several platforms, and it turned out that
some of them do not have 'socket'. So, my first idea was change
it to:
begin
require 'socket'
$this_host = Socket.gethostname
rescue
rescue LoadError
$this_host = `hostname`.chomp
end
but the require still caused the script to terminate on the platforms
which didn't have 'socket'. I already have an alternate solution for
this specific case, but I'm wondering if there was something that I
missed. Is there any way to catch errors from a require command?
You need to give the exception class; rescue by itself
only catches subclasses of StandardError.
irb(main):006:0> begin
irb(main):007:1* require 'foo'
irb(main):008:1> rescue LoadError
irb(main):009:1> puts "caught it"
irb(main):010:1> end
caught it
=> nil
rescue without a specific exception or exceptions only catches
subclasses of StandardError. LoadError is a subclass of ScriptError
which in turn is a subclass of Exception.
···
On 8/31/06, Garance A Drosehn <drosihn@gmail.com> wrote:
I wanted to use Socket.gethostname to get the current hostname
without executing a unix command. So:
require 'socket'
$this_host = Socket.gethostname
I have to run this code on several platforms, and it turned out that
some of them do not have 'socket'. So, my first idea was change
it to:
begin
require 'socket'
$this_host = Socket.gethostname
rescue
$this_host = `hostname`.chomp
end
but the require still caused the script to terminate on the platforms
which didn't have 'socket'. I already have an alternate solution for
this specific case, but I'm wondering if there was something that I
missed. Is there any way to catch errors from a require command?
Ah. Very good. I figured it was something simple that I was missing.
It makes a lot of sense now. It's nice to receive answers in such
harmony!
···
On 8/31/06, Rick DeNatale <rick.denatale@gmail.com> wrote:
Ah, answers in three-part harmony.
On 8/31/06, Rick DeNatale <rick.denatale@gmail.com> ...
On 8/31/06, Eero Saynatkari <eero.saynatkari@kolumbus.fi> ...
On 8/31/06, Logan Capaldo <logancapaldo@gmail.com> ... > > ... all wrote
> You gotta rescue LoadError
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Garance Alistair Drosehn = drosihn@gmail.com
Senior Systems Programmer
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Troy, NY; USA
