Date: Mon, 22 Mar 1999 13:02:22 -0600 From: Michael Maxwell <drwho@xnet.com> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: how to die gracefully Message-ID: <19990322130222.C4838@drwho.xnet.com> In-Reply-To: <36F65B11.610DAE9D@tdx.co.uk>; from Karl Pielorz on Mon, Mar 22, 1999 at 03:00:33PM %2B0000 References: <000501be7472$3bbeb400$064ca8c0@gateway> <36F65B11.610DAE9D@tdx.co.uk>
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On Mon, Mar 22, 1999 at 03:00:33PM +0000, Karl Pielorz wrote:
> Catch the CTRL-C signal, then perform housekeeping & cleanup (i.e. close
> files, sockets, freeup memory used etc. - all of which your program should
> have tracked etc.), then quit...
>
> > 2.I like to catch the signal when pushed Ctl^C,and make a handler
> > routine.Would you tell me what signal I can catch when enterring Ctl^C ?
>
> SIGQUIT I think - check the man pages out (man signal)...
C-c is "SIGINT", but SIGQUIT should be caught too (SIGQUIT is brutal and
causes a coredump). Note the signals in /usr/include/signal.h. Also, one
should look into the "sigaction()" and related functions for proper signal
handling...
--
Michael Maxwell <drwho @ xnet.com> | http://www.xnet.com/~drwho/
"American Justice: oxymoron. William J. Clinton: moron."
--M. Maxwell (1999)
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