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From: matt@oddjob.UChicago.EDU (Mr. nEtural)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: calling default signal routines
Keywords: signal SIG_DFL
Message-ID: <14248@oddjob.UChicago.EDU>
Date: 19 Jan 88 20:00:04 GMT
References: <239@stc-auts.UUCP> <10240@mimsy.UUCP>
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) In article <239@stc-auts.UUCP>, kak@stc-auts.UUCP (Kris Kugel) writes:
) >I'd like to call the default signal handlers in my code's signal
) >handler after fixing up my terminal state.  ...

In article <10240@mimsy.UUCP> chris@mimsy.UUCP (Chris Torek) writes:
) 	catch_sig(sig)
) 		int sig;
) 	{
) 		clean_up();
) 		(void) signal(sig, SIG_DFL);
) 		(void) kill(getpid(), sig);
) 		/* if we got here, it must have been benign */
) 		/* (e.g., stop followed by continue, or SIGCHLD/SIGCLD) */
) 	}

Don't forget to unmask the current signal, otherwise the explicitly
sent signal won't be delivered until some slightly later time.

				Matt Crawford