On 07.06.2007 17:14, W0rtex Indigo wrote: > require 'socket' > require 'timeout' > def ping( host, service = "echo",timeout = 2) > begin > timeout( timeout ){ > TCPSocket.open( host, service){} > } > rescue Errno::ECONNREFUSED > true > rescue false ^^^^^ this is not a class. Either put a class here or nothing. > else true > end > end > p ping(ARGV[0] || "google.ru") > > When host is down i got error:" ping:10:in `ping': class or module > required for rescue clause (TypeError) from ping:14" > when host is alive i've got true > Can you help me please! The question is, what do you want to achieve? Kind regards robert