Re: Question about cancelling sub-routine

[Kevin Ryde <user42 zip com au>]

Mike Martin <redtux1 gmail com> writes:
>       kill (15,$pid1,$pid); ## clears up running external proc ##
>       if (kill($pid1,$pid) !=0){

Don't forget a bit of time in there for the other process to actually
act on the sigterm (removing temp files or whatever).  There's a
Glib::Child->watch_add to wait on that if desired (as long as you're not
using SIGCHLD yourself).


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