Re: bash/cmd CTRL-C problem...

[Michael Rumpf <michael@rumpfonline.de>]

Hi Corinna,

thanks for the answer. No I haven't tried such an option as I must admit
that I don't know about it.
I will search for it in the docs and try to play around with it...

Michael


On Fri, 2001-12-21 at 16:24, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 21, 2001 at 11:09:05AM +0100, Michael Rumpf wrote:
> > Am I the only one having problems with this, or is this simply the wrong
> > list to ask a question about the Cygwin bash... ??
> 
> Nah, this is the right list.  Nobody has an answer, though.
> 
> Did you try `CYGWIN=... tty ...' setting?
> 
> Corinna
> 
> > 
> > Michael
> > 
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Michael Rumpf" <michael@rumpfonline.de>
> > To: <cygwin@cygwin.com>
> > Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2001 10:11 AM
> > Subject: Re: bash/cmd CTRL-C problem...
> > 
> > 
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > sorry for following up myself, but I found out that Cygwin equally handles
> > > CTRL-BREAK and CTRL-C by sending a SIGINT to the process.
> > > See http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gnu-win32/message/27643 (last sentence).
> > > This seems to be the source of the problem.
> > > CTRL-BREAK under the cmd shell terminates the process after handling the
> > > signal without further executing any code. The bad thing is that under
> > bash
> > > the same behaviour follows from pressing CTRL-BREAK  _and_ CTRL-C !!
> > >
> > > If this is a design issue, can someone please explain what the reasons
> > > are...
> > >
> > > We have an application that forks other processes. The main thread is
> > > waiting for the signal handler to return in order to cleanly stop the
> > child
> > > processes. By just stopping the parent process the child processes keep
> > > running and I have to kill them manually each time I press CTRL-C. The
> > same
> > > application is working fine under windows cmd shell and bash under Linux ,
> > > HP-UX 10/11, AIX4.x, and SunOS 2.5+...
> > >
> > > Please help, I don't want to use the stupid windows cmd shell.... ;-)
> > >
> > > Michael
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Michael Rumpf" <michael@rumpfonline.de>
> > > To: <cygwin@cygwin.com>
> > > Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2001 7:47 AM
> > > Subject: bash/cmd CTRL-C problem...
> > >
> > >
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > I'm new to the list and I don't know if this problem is already solved,
> > > but
> > > > I couldn't find a hint neither on the archives nor on the FAQ or
> > somewhere
> > > > else on the net.
> > > >
> > > > My problem is related to bash/cmd and signal handling.
> > > > In my app I installed a signal handler for SIGINT. The app is going into
> > a
> > > > wait loop and waiting for the exit flag from the signal handler to be
> > set.
> > > >
> > > > When pressing CTRL-C in the windows cmd shell the application continues
> > > > normally after the signal handler has been caught. Under bash the signal
> > > > handler is also correctly called, but after that the app is exiting
> > > > immediatly, i.e. not continuing with the code.
> > > > Here is the source:
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
> > > > /////////////////
> > > > #include <windows.h>
> > > > #include <stdio.h>
> > > > #include <signal.h>
> > > >
> > > > bool loop = true;
> > > >
> > > > extern "C" void signalHandler(int sig)
> > > > {
> > > >    switch( sig )
> > > >    {
> > > >       case SIGINT:  // == 2
> > > >          printf("SIGINT=%d\n",sig);
> > > >          break;
> > > >       default:
> > > >          printf("default=%d\n",sig);
> > > >          break;
> > > >    };
> > > >    loop=false;
> > > > }
> > > >
> > > > int main(int argc, char* argv[])
> > > > {
> > > >    if (signal( SIGINT , signalHandler ) == SIG_ERR)
> > > >       return -1;
> > > >    printf("### ctrlbreak: Waiting now...\n");
> > > >    while(loop)
> > > >      Sleep ((DWORD) 1000) ;
> > > >    printf("### ctrlbreak: Finished waiting now...\n");
> > > >    return 0;
> > > > }
> > > >
> > >
> > ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
> > > > /////////////////
> > > >
> > > > Here the the output of the app under Win2K/bash:
> > > > // bash                2.05a-2
> > > > $ ./ctrlbreak.exe
> > > > ### ctrlbreak: Waiting now...
> > > > SIGINT=2
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > // GNU bash, version 2.02.1(2)-release (i586-pc-cygwin32) B20.1
> > > > bash-2.02$ ./ctrlbreak
> > > > ### ctrlbreak: Waiting now...
> > > > SIGINT=2
> > > >
> > > > // cmd.exe Win2k SP2
> > > > ### ctrlbreak: Waiting now...
> > > > SIGINT=2
> > > > ### ctrlbreak: Finished waiting now...
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > You can see that under the cmd shell the text "Finished waiting now..."
> > is
> > > > printed which does not come out under the bash. The app is not linked
> > > > against any cygwin library. It is a plain VC++ console application. But
> > > when
> > > > I compile with gcc from the cygwin package I have the same result.
> > > > Any hint would be greatly appreciated...
> > > >
> > > > Michael
> > > >
> > > > PS: I just downloaded the latest stable version 1.3.6 today...
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
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