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From: tchrist@convex.COM (Tom Christiansen)
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Subject: Re: Signal handling in Perl
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Date: 15 Apr 91 21:10:51 GMT
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From the keyboard of billy@vaxb.acs.unt.edu:
:I'm having a problem with signals in Perl.  In my program, I've put statements
:like:
:
:  $sig{'INT'}='IGNORE';
:
:However, it seems that it has no effect (i.e. I can still interrupt the
:program).  I've also tried setting up a signal handler and when the interrupt
:occurs, the signal handler is never called.  Anybody have any ideas what I'm
:doing wrong?

You should be using %SIG not %sig for this.  Case counts.

--tom