Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!usenet.pasdenom.info!news.albasani.net!feeder.news-service.com!de-l.enfer-du-nord.net!feeder2.enfer-du-nord.net!talisker.lacave.net!lacave.net!not-for-mail From: Brian Candler Newsgroups: comp.lang.ruby Subject: Re: How do I trap Ctrl-C so it doesn't reach spawned threads? Date: Fri, 8 Apr 2011 08:38:27 -0500 Organization: Service de news de lacave.net Lines: 22 Message-ID: References: <33CD3794F54FDD4BB58A738E6EFCADC3150FE0EFB7@ESESSCMS0363.eemea.ericsson.se> NNTP-Posting-Host: bristol.highgroove.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: talisker.lacave.net 1302269921 2257 65.111.164.187 (8 Apr 2011 13:38:41 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@lacave.net NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 8 Apr 2011 13:38:41 +0000 (UTC) In-Reply-To: <33CD3794F54FDD4BB58A738E6EFCADC3150FE0EFB7@ESESSCMS0363.eemea.ericsson.se> X-Received-From: This message has been automatically forwarded from the ruby-talk mailing list by a gateway at comp.lang.ruby. If it is SPAM, it did not originate at comp.lang.ruby. Please report the original sender, and not us. Thanks! For more details about this gateway, please visit: http://blog.grayproductions.net/categories/the_gateway X-Mail-Count: 381200 X-Ml-Name: ruby-talk X-Rubymirror: Yes X-Ruby-Talk: Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.ruby:2534 > 3. Anyone with a suggestion how to spawn processes not affected by a > SIGINT? Try replacing Thread.new { system("...") } with: fork { Process.setsid; exec("...") } This also has the advantages of: - not using threads - the pid of the child is the return value from fork Regards, Brian. -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.