Re: Signal handlers

[Michael Natterer <mitch gimp org>]

Daniel Nilsson <daniel oden homeip net> writes:

> I have a question on signal handlers, in a gtk application should I
> use the normal libc functions for handling signals such as SIGINT or
> do I need to take anything else in consideration.
>
> I.e. can I just call this in main() before gtk_main to install a
> signal handler for SIGINT that will go off and clear up some hardware
> registers before the application terminates;
>
>  signal(SIGINT, termination_handler);

That will work, however you should never ever (!) use signal().
use sigaction() instead if you want reliable signal handling.

ciao,
--mitch