post ur code for review , if u want .. On Wed, Dec 18, 2024, 7:28 PM Kaz Kylheku <k...@kylheku.com> wrote:
> On 2024-12-18 06:58, Chet Ramey wrote: > >> With signals other than SIGALRM, the code has to be careful; if it > >> ever happens that the signal is delivered without the trap being > >> in place, Bash will die. > > > > Same with SIGALRM, too. > > OK, that is my mistake. These steps do terminate Bash: > > trap - ALRM # make sure we have no trap for SIGALRM > kill -ALRM $$ > > Sorry for contributing to the despicable spread of misinformation. > > What remains is the question why I somehow cannot get my > stuff to work with a different signal like SIGUSR1 or SIGVTALRM. > > Bash will not take them while it's sitting in the call to readline. > > It will act on pending signals once the command line is submitted. > > However, an ALRM trap can go off during readline operation. This is > how the clock display in Basta is kept up-to-date even when you're > just sitting at the prompt doing nothing. > > > > >
