You could "try" (groan ;-) something along the lines of
m: not error? try [write ftp:... "hi there"]
which leaves m simply indicating success (or failure) of the
attempted block.
-jn-
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> I am writing a script that will try 3 times to write a file and then fail, h
Hi,
try this:
tries: 3
until [
set/any 'm try [write
ftp://chuck:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/crossing/ndtd/user.r "hi there"]
tries: tries - 1
any [tries = 0 unset? get/any 'm]
]
Regards
Ladislav
> I am writing a script that will try 3 times to write a file and th
Try using printerror.r from www.rebol.org in the Script Library section.
You can send a disarmed error object to printerror and it will display
the error as REBOL would, but without exiting the application.
-Bo
On 7-Sep-2000/9:57:35-7:00, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>This method works well...
>>>
Okay - last one,
m: error? try [ write ftp://chuck:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/crossing/ndtd/user.r
"hi there" ]
Does that help?
cheers, john
I am writing a script that will try 3 times to write a file and then fail,
however, I cant place a try block around the REBOL write statement because
it does n
This method works well...
>> m: error? try [ write %test "test" ]
== false
>> m: error? try [ write test "test" ]
== true
This will elleviate the problem with nothing being returned from write...
>> m: try [ write %test "test" none]
== none
But you will still have to capture the error...
>> m: t
I am writing a script that will try 3 times to write a file and then fail, however, I
cant place a try block around the REBOL write statement because it does not return
anything upon success, thus I get an error that the word is not bound:
>> m: try [ write ftp://chuck:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/crossin
