John Levon wrote: > That's correct. Very (very) few system calls are usable in a signal > context. This includes anything printf-like. > > You can refer to the UNIX standards for more info, but basically, > setting a sigatomic_t variable to TRUE or equivalent is the way to > go.
I've been reading (and enjoying ;-) "Advanced Linux Programming" by CodeSourcery's Mark Mitchell, Jeffrey Oldham and Alex Samuel. FWIW, the book can be downloaded from www.advancedlinuxprogramming.com/alp-folder. -- Angus
