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Date:      Tue, 23 Mar 1999 23:03:37 +0100
From:      Gary Jennejohn <garyj@peedub.muc.de>
To:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Cc:        Masahiro Ariga <mariga@cd.mbn.or.jp>
Subject:   Re: how to die gracefully 
Message-ID:  <199903232203.XAA49073@peedub.muc.de>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 22 Mar 1999 17:11:54 EST." <Pine.BSF.4.05.9903221710050.293-100000@nyc-ny78-59.ix.netcom.com> 

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Spike writes:
>On Mon, 22 Mar 1999, Masahiro Ariga wrote:
>
>> My name is Masahiro Ariga,
>> I made a server-like program which receives data from another PC by using
>> socket and,inside,uses pipes and communicates among processes,and send those
>> finished data to client PC  using socket .
>> Right now,each process works in the form of infinite loops, and only way to
>> finish the program is to enter Ctl^C.
>> First loaded program works fine,and enters Ctl^C to exit it,but if I execute
>> it second time,it shows abnormalties like taking time to start to send data
>> to clent,and badly enough,it responds not at all.
>> I presume it results from not closing sockets,or residual memory or
>> something,but I'm not sure.
>> 
>> So,sinior UNIX programers,would you teach me next two questions ?
>> 
>> 1.How should I exit gracefully by pushing Ctl^C. I mean,what should I do to
>> recover normal condition in preparation for next execution ?
>
>Well, close the sockets, kill the children processes, and call exit().
>
>> 2.I like to catch the signal when pushed Ctl^C,and make a handler
>> routine.Would you tell me what signal I can catch when enterring Ctl^C ?
>
>The signal generally generated by the shell when ^C is entered is SIGTERM.
>Refer to sigaction(2) and signal(3).
>

I think he needs to look into SO_REUSEADDR.

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Gary Jennejohn
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