sig_handler.c File Reference

signal handling More...

Namespaces
	xref_spr_sig_handling
	Handling asynchronous events (signals) in SPRAAK

Enumerations
enum	{   SPR_SIGNAL_NONE, SPR_SIGNAL_CTRLC, SPR_SIGNAL_QUIT, SPR_SIGNAL_ERROR,   SPR_SIGNAL_PIPE, SPR_SIGNAL_USR1, SPR_SIGNAL_USR2 }

Functions
int	spr_signal_report (int action_mask)

Variables
volatile int	spr_signal_flag
	break requested ? More...

Detailed Description

signal handling

Catch signal (interrupts) and act on them or report them back to the main process. In case of an irrecoverable error, a trace dump is made as well (at least on platforms that support this feature). For more details, see Handling asynchronous events (signals) in SPRAAK

Author

Kris Demuynck

Date

12/01/1996

Revision History:

22/10/2008 - KD

Provided support for trace-backing on fatal errors.