Re: How to catch Net::FTP timeouts ?

You can catch anything using eval blocks:

eval {$ftp->get("that.file")};
if ($@ =~ /Timeout/)
{
   # catching code goes here
}
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Net::FTP also lets you set the timeout value, so you could try increasing it if that's the problem.

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Re^2: How to catch Net::FTP timeouts ? by Limbic~Region (Chancellor) on Sep 24, 2004 at 12:54 UTC
steves, You can catch anything using eval blocks: Absolutes are seldom absolute.... `eval { exit }; print "I caught it\n" if $@;` [download] Cheers - L~R	[reply] [d/l]