On Mon, Aug 09, 2004 at 02:53:49PM +0200, Michael Natterer wrote: > Daniel Nilsson <daniel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 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. Thanks, are you saying that even if the only thing I want to do is reset a few registers before the application exits I should use sigaction ? What problems could signal give me ? The reason for asking is that I have an implementation already with signal which seems to work fine, what kind of testing should I do that could trigger a problem ? Thanks -- Daniel Nilsson _______________________________________________ gtk-list@xxxxxxxxx http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-list
