Re: Programming hints.

[<aqy6633@acf5.nyu.edu>(Alex Yukhimets)]

> Beeing busy to write a programm I would like to add a routine
> that forces it to shut down orderly (closing files etc.) when
> recieving a SIGTERM from the system, because the program itself
> is doing work that will keep it going for months at least.
> Can somone tell me of already existing programs where i can study 
> the source to learn about that subject?

man 2 signal

Usage: 

siganl(SIGTERM,shutdown_handler);

where "shutdown_handler" is 

void shutdown_handler(int sig){
  /* do cleanup */
 exit(0);
}

Alex Y.

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