Sending SIGINT (Ctrl-C) to program running in Eclipse Console

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vsekhar picture vsekhar · Jan 11, 2012 · Viewed 12.7k times · Source

I have setup a run configuration in Eclipse and need to send SIGINT (Ctrl+C) to the program. There is cleanup code in the program that runs after SIGINT, so pressing Eclipse's "Terminate" buttons won't work (they send SIGKILL I think). Typing CTRL+C into the Console also doesn't work.

How do I send SIGINT to a process running inside an Eclipse Console?

(FWIW I am running a Twisted daemon and need Twisted to shutdown correctly, which only occurs on SIGINT)

Answer

jordanm picture jordanm · Jan 11, 2012

If you can determine the process with a utility such as ps, you can use kill to send it a SIGINT. The program will likely be a child process of eclipse.

kill -s INT <pid>

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