Re: RGSG

[Gleef <gleef capital net>]

On Wed, 5 Aug 1998, Tom Vogt wrote:

> Dan Effugas Kaminsky <effugas@best.com> wrote:
> > >  b) There are more possibilites to what happens on quit.
> > >     I can think about 4 right now.
> > 
> > Irrelevant.  I was responding to those who said "Quit or Exit should just
> > send a SIGKILL."
> 
> then I guess you've been talking to the air. :)
> 
> I can't remember ANYONE saying  it should do that. nobody. nada. you've got
> a problem that doesn't exist. good koan.

I do remember that I once said that a program should treat SIGINT and
SIGTERM as if the user hit Exit, and treat SIGKILL quickly and
non-destructively, with no user input.  Not the same thing as he's
quoting, but I don't remember anyone else talking about signals at all.

-Gleef