Re: Capturing SIGSTOP

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On Thu, Nov 24, 2011 at 5:36 PM, Steven D'Aprano
<steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> wrote:
>    os.kill(os.getpid(), signal.SIGSTOP)  # Hit myself with a brick.
>
>
> It seems to work for me (on Linux), but is it the right way?

And - if your system has SIGTSTP, it'll have SIGSTOP and this will be
how it works. (Windows has neither.) This code will probably work fine
on all modern Unix-like systems, but if it fails anywhere, it'll be
for lack of SIGTSTP I would say.

ChrisA

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Capturing SIGSTOP Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2011-11-24 03:29 +0000
  Re: Capturing SIGSTOP Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2011-11-24 15:22 +1100
    Re: Capturing SIGSTOP Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2011-11-24 06:36 +0000
      Re: Capturing SIGSTOP Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2011-11-24 19:12 +1100
      Re: Capturing SIGSTOP Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2011-11-24 19:15 +1100

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