Re: signals and applications
tyler spivey wrote: ok - I hope I can get an answer: how come (under linux) i can use my favourite web browser and hit ^c (interrupt) and it will interrupt any network application, but under FreeBSD there are some operations that can't be interupted and just wait there? Your application is trapping SIGINT, and Linux is doing the wrong thing? -- Terry To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe freebsd-hackers in the body of the message
signals and applications
ok - I hope I can get an answer: how come (under linux) i can use my favourite web browser and hit ^c (interrupt) and it will interrupt any network application, but under FreeBSD there are some operations that can't be interupted and just wait there? To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe freebsd-hackers in the body of the message
Re: signals and applications
* tyler spivey [EMAIL PROTECTED] [020609 17:44] wrote: ok - I hope I can get an answer: how come (under linux) i can use my favourite web browser and hit ^c (interrupt) and it will interrupt any network application, but under FreeBSD there are some operations that can't be interupted and just wait there? *sigh* Would you be willing to field a problem report this vague? Which web browser? How are you inputting a ^C? etc.etc... Applications have the option to ignore ^C, they can also futz with the terminal settings to that ^C doesn't work properly. -- -Alfred Perlstein [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] 'Instead of asking why a piece of software is using 1970s technology, start asking why software is ignoring 30 years of accumulated wisdom.' Tax deductible donations for FreeBSD: http://www.freebsdfoundation.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe freebsd-hackers in the body of the message
Re: signals and applications
I've seen instances of this with ping, I just assumed it was an artifact of signal delivery only occurring after returning from blocking operations. -Kip On Sun, 9 Jun 2002, Alfred Perlstein wrote: * tyler spivey [EMAIL PROTECTED] [020609 17:44] wrote: ok - I hope I can get an answer: how come (under linux) i can use my favourite web browser and hit ^c (interrupt) and it will interrupt any network application, but under FreeBSD there are some operations that can't be interupted and just wait there? *sigh* Would you be willing to field a problem report this vague? Which web browser? How are you inputting a ^C? etc.etc... Applications have the option to ignore ^C, they can also futz with the terminal settings to that ^C doesn't work properly. -- -Alfred Perlstein [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] 'Instead of asking why a piece of software is using 1970s technology, start asking why software is ignoring 30 years of accumulated wisdom.' Tax deductible donations for FreeBSD: http://www.freebsdfoundation.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe freebsd-hackers in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe freebsd-hackers in the body of the message
