How to catch this Python exception: error: [Errno 10054] An existing connection was forcibly closed by the remote host

Question

I am trying to catch this particular exception (and only this exception) in Python 2.7, but I can\'t seem to find documentation on the exception class. Is there one?

Answer 1

The error type is socket.error, the documentation is here. Try modiffying your code like this:

import socket
import errno  

try:
    Deleting filename
    self.ftp.delete(filename)
    return True
except (error_reply, error_perm, error_temp):
    return False
except socket.error as error:
    if error.errno == errno.WSAECONNRESET:
        reconnect()
        retry_action()
    else:
        raise