> Beeing busy to write a programm I would like to add a routine
> that forces it to shut down orderly (closing files etc.) when
> recieving a SIGTERM from the system, because the program itself
> is doing work that will keep it going for months at least.
> Can somone tell me of already existing programs where i can study
> the source to learn about that subject?
man 2 signal
Usage:
siganl(SIGTERM,shutdown_handler);
where "shutdown_handler" is
void shutdown_handler(int sig){
/* do cleanup */
exit(0);
}
Alex Y.
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