UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0xb6 in position 0: invalid start byte

[Lele Gaifax]

Ferrous Cranus <nikos at superhost.gr> writes:

> try:
> 	host = socket.gethostbyaddr( os.environ['REMOTE_ADDR'] )[0]
> except:
> 	host = "Reverse DNS Failed"
>
> Is there a way to write the above so i cna print the error return when
> it fails?

Try something like

try:
	host = socket.gethostbyaddr( os.environ['REMOTE_ADDR'] )[0]
except Exception as e:
	host = "Reverse DNS Failed"
        print(e)

?

ciao, lele.
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