perl 5.8.2 OS: AIX fully POSIX compliant my script moves files from one dir to another. When I want my script to stop, should I pass it along the signal INT or TERM?
INT just interrupts the script. It finishes whatever it's processing and then it's done. TERM on the other hand, just sends a TERMination signal, waits a few seconds, then KILLs the program. TERM is more common I guess when starting/stopping unix shell scripts in the init dir. My fear is that if I pass the TERM signal, maybe the system will chop off the files that are being moved on the fly. The "few seconds" are unpredictable in value at least on my system. So the system might say 'it's been too long, let's kill it." Any thoughts? Is there a "perlish" way to do it? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://learn.perl.org/
