"brian m. carlson" <sandals@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > I would disagree here. When the user has hit Ctrl-C, they want to > interrupt the operation. That's literally why a SIGINT (interrupt) > signal is sent. Just a fun remark: that "INT" in SIGINT stands for "INTeractive attention", and IIUC, relabeling it as a request for interruption in the public consciousness is likely the result of that signal having been left in its default disposition in most of the software which was in use then, which naturally made the signal work as a termination signal ;-)
