Wouldn't it be easier and more sensible to attempt what you actually want to do and handle failures appropriately?
Whether you can ping google is irrelevant if the remote host you need is down. On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 3:53 PM, Joshua Partogi <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm wondering if anyone has ever been in this situation before. I want > to be able to load files dynamically from the internet, but I need to > check whether the customer has internet connection or not. Is this > doable with Ruby? Has anyone done this before? > > Many thanks for the insights. > > -- > Certified Scrum Master > http://blog.scrum8.com | http://jobs.scrum8.com | http://twitter.com/scrum8 > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Ruby or Rails Oceania" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rails-oceania?hl=. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby or Rails Oceania" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rails-oceania?hl=.
