MacTech Article: 2702Mac in the Shell
27.02 Mac in the Shell: Ruby Error Handling
Article Synopsis
Last month, we continued to look at Ruby as a practical way for Sys Admins to automate tasks. We ended with a short program that copies a file into every user home directory. While we did a basic check up front for the root user, we didn't go beyond that. This month, I'll show you how to handle unexpected errors and recover in order to keep up a great experience for the end user.
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