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A signal is a notification to a process that an event occurred.

executing default signal handler

I have written an application where i have registered number of signal handler for different signals in linux . After process …

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Accessing the user's request in a post_save signal

I have done the below post_save signal in my project. from django.db.models.signals import post_save from …

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Checking if errno != EINTR: what does it mean?

I've found this piece of code used several times (also a similar one where it's used open() instead of write()). …

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In what order should I send signals to gracefully shutdown processes?

In a comment on this answer of another question, the commenter says: don’t use kill -9 unless absolutely necessary! …

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sigprocmask( ) blocking signals in UNIX

i have written a small piece of code. This code first blocks the {SIGSEGV}, then adds SIGRTMIN to the same …

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Making sure a Python script with subprocesses dies on SIGINT

I've got a command that I'm wrapping in script and spawning from a Python script using subprocess.Popen. I'm trying …

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GDB: Ctrl+C doesn't interrupt process as it usually does but rather terminates the program

Normally when you run a program through GDB you can press Ctrl+C to interrupt it, e.g. if it …

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How and why does QuickEdit mode in Command Prompt freeze applications?

I recently ran into an issue with Command Prompt on Windows where QuickEdit mode was enabled and clicking the window …

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Paramiko and exec_command - killing remote process?

I'm using Paramiko to tail -f a file on a remote server. Previously, we were running this via ssh -t, …

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PyQt (or just QT). How to get QComboBox to fire a signal whenever it is set to a value (even if unchanged)

I am using PyQt4, but this is general enough that it could just apply to QT. I have a series …

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