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a <codeph>SIGPIPE</codeph> signal </p> </li> |
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terminate a process </p> </li> |
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an asynchronous event </p> </li> |
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mentioned in the list above. The use cases are demonstrated through <filepath>basicsignals.exe</filepath>. </p> </li> |
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The use case is demonstrated through <filepath>sigtermsignal.exe</filepath> and <filepath>raisesignal.exe</filepath>. </p> </li> |
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and the <codeph>SIGUSR2</codeph> signal. The use case is demonstrated using <filepath>sigusr1.exe</filepath> and <filepath>sigusr2.exe</filepath>. </p> </li> |
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Sending and handling a signal using the default handler </b> </p> <p>The default |
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demonstrate this use case we use <codeph>SIGCHLD</codeph> and <codeph>SIGALRM</codeph> signals. <codeph>SIGCHLD</codeph> by |
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by using <codeph>sigaction()</codeph> or <codeph>signal()</codeph>. The <codeph>sigaction()</codeph> method |
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of this particular use case, <codeph>SIGCHLD</codeph> and <codeph>SIGALRM</codeph> signals |
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for these signals contains a simple user message. Thus, whenever the signals |
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the <codeph>SIGUSR1</codeph> and <codeph>SIGUSR2</codeph> signals. Both <codeph>SIGUSR1 </codeph>and <codeph>SIGUSR2</codeph> are |
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to download the example: <xref href="guid-6013a680-57f9-415b-8851-c4fa63356636/zips/guid-7714a392-161f-4dc7-b8e6-311e42e1deb8 .zip" scope="external">AsyncSignal.zip</xref></p><p/><p>To view the BasicSignal |
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example source click: <xref href="guid-6013a680-57f9-415b-8851-c4fa63356636/guid-5a633d12-547a-4439-9eca-104a655109ab.html" scope="peer">browseBasicSignals</xref></p><p>To view the SigtermSignal example |
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bldmake</xref> and <xref href="GUID-B6B54E07-3B34-5D5C-8815-93383FA8FB4B.dita">How |
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to use abld</xref> describe how to use the SBSv1 build tools. </p> </li> |
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</ul> <p> </p><p>The example builds the following executables :<ul> |
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<li><p><filepath>basicsignals.exe</filepath> : for basic signal use cases |
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demonstration. </p></li> |
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termination of process .</p></li> |
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<li><p><filepath>raisesignal.exe</filepath> : for sending <codeph>SIGTERM</codeph> signal.</p></li> |
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<li><p><filepath>sigusr1.exe</filepath> : for demonstrating asynchronous event |
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handling , sending <codeph>SIGUSR2</codeph> signal and receiving <codeph>SIGUSR1</codeph> signal. </p></li> |
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<li><p><filepath>sigusr2.exe</filepath> : for sending <codeph><codeph>SIGUSR1</codeph></codeph> signal |
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and receiving <codeph>SIGUSR2</codeph> signal.</p></li> |
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</ul></p><p> in the <filepath>epoc32\release\winscw\<udeb or urel>\</filepath> folder. </p><p> </p></section> |
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<section id="GUID-1CB8164D-030D-41CD-B146-3E4D14CB1A9B"><title>Running the |
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example</title> <p><b>NOTE : </b> </p> <p> <filepath>basicsignals.exe</filepath> should |
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be executed first for running the first six uses cases mentioned above. </p> <p> <filepath>sigtermsignal.exe</filepath> should |
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be executed for running the seventh use case. </p> <p> <filepath>sigusr1.exe</filepath> should |
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be executed for running the last use case. </p> <p>The <filepath>sigtermsignal</filepath> process |
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internally spawns the<filepath> raisesignal</filepath> process for taking |
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should not run the <filepath>raisesignal</filepath> process explicitly. You |
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should only run <filepath>sigtermsignal.exe</filepath> as the <filepath>sigtermsignal</filepath> process |
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takes proper care of launching the <filepath>raisesignal</filepath> process. </p> <p>The <filepath>sigusr1</filepath> process |
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also internally spawns the <filepath>sigusr2</filepath> process. </p> <p>The <filepath>sigusr1</filepath> process |
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sends the <codeph>SIGUSR2</codeph> signal to the <filepath>sigusr2</filepath> process |
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and receives the <codeph>SIGUSR1</codeph> signal from it. </p> <p>The <filepath>sigusr2</filepath> process |
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and receives the <codeph>SIGUSR2</codeph> signal from it. </p> <p>As the <filepath>sigusr1 </filepath>process |
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spawns the <filepath>sigusr2</filepath> process, hence you should run <filepath>sigusr1.exe</filepath> only. </p> <p>In |
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observe the behavior. </p> </section> |
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