Hi,

From: Julian Fondren <julian / imaji.net>
Subject: [ruby-talk:00206] Rescuing from a ^C?

> How would I in ruby rescue from a ^C? rescue with no arguments, Interrupt,
> or SystemExit fail, as does ensure. What I would like to do is allow ^C to
> escape from a loop, and then to continue the program.

You can trap SIGINT like this,

begin
  trap("INT"){ raise }
  while true
  end
rescue
  print "rescue!\n"
  trap("INT", "DEFAULT")
end

Hope this helps..
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Kazuhiro HIWADA