Re:signal processing INT or TERM


Message du 30/10/08 10:45
De : "icarus"
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Objet : signal processing INT or TERM


perl 5.8.2
OS: AIX fully POSIX compliant

my script moves files from one dir to another.
When I want my script to stop, should I pass it along the signal INT
or TERM?

INT just interrupts the script. It finishes whatever it's processing
and then it's done.

TERM on the other hand, just sends a TERMination signal, waits a few
seconds, then KILLs the program. TERM is more common I guess when
starting/stopping unix shell scripts in the init dir.

My fear is that if I pass the TERM signal, maybe the system will chop
off the files that are being moved on the fly. The "few seconds" are
unpredictable in value at least on my system. So the system might say
'it's been too long, let's kill it."

Any thoughts? Is there a "perlish" way to do it?




SIGTERM and SIGINT are almost the same usage. See 'man 8 kill' and look for signals.
You may want to redefine the POSIX signal handlers.
See also L. Stein's "Network programming with Perl", that will give the full details.


Jeff.
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