SIGINT, SIGKILL, SIGCONT, etc. in the file signal.h

A unique number is associated with each signal. To avoid remembering these numbers, they have been defined as macros like SIGINT, SIGKILL, SIGCONT, etc. in the file ‘signal.h’. Every process contains several ‘signal ID - function pointer’ pairs indicating for which signal which function should be called. If we do not decide to handle a signal then against that signal ID the address of the default signal handler function is present. It is precisely this default signal handler for SIGINT that got called when we pressed Ctrl + C when the above program was executed. INT in SIGINT stands for interrupt.

Let us know see how can we prevent the termination of our program even after hitting Ctrl + C. This is shown in the following program:

# include 
void sighandler ( int signum )
{
printf ( "SIGINT received. Inside sighandler\n" ) ;
}
int main( )
{
signal ( SIGINT, ( void* ) sighandler ) ;
while ( 1 )
printf ( "Program Running\n" ) ;
return 0 ;
}

Related Links :