> Message du 30/10/08 10:45 > De : "icarus" > A : beginners@perl.org > Copie à : > Objet : signal processing INT or TERM > > > 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? >
SIGTERM and SIGINT are almost the same usage. See 'man 8 kill' and look for signals. You may want to redefine the POSIX signal handlers. See also L. Stein's "Network programming with Perl", that will give the full details. Jeff. http://home.arcor.de/pangj/ Créez votre adresse électronique [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1 Go d'espace de stockage, anti-spam et anti-virus intégrés.
