System signals

[H. S. Teoh]

On Sun, Apr 29, 2012 at 11:47:24PM +0200, deadalnix wrote:
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> You misunderstood me (the sentence was not clear). I mean, you cannot
> catch kill and the trick mentioned int he link is linux specific.
> Obviously, the fact that you cannot catch kill isn't linux specific ;)

Ah, I see.

But really? I thought the self-pipe trick is portable across Posix
platforms. But then again, my last contact with a non-Linux Posix system
was, oh, at least 8 years ago with a Solaris workstation, so I could be
totally wrong.


T

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