#include<signal.h>
void suicide();
main()
{
printf("use CTRL \\ for exiting \n");
//signal(SIGINT,SIG_DFL);
signal(SIGQUIT,suicide);
for (;;
}

void suicide()
{ printf("hello here you r in the suicide code ");
}



i was just starting with signals .. and tried this ,, but in the above i am calling suicide function in the signal function , its not working why ??
also the default behavior of the <ctrl \ > is being suppressed .

can you tell me why it is so ,,
and when i tried it passing SIG_DFL it worked ..

put this in suicide

or put a \n in your printf, or use fflush(stdout);

ya a \n in the printf worked ,, Porter ,, can you tell me what was the problem ,, and now pressing CTRL \ first time is printing the message ,, but pressing it for the second time must quit it , i e the default action must be performed ,, but it is again printing the message ..???

if stdout is connected to a terminal then it does not fflush until a newline is written.

some operating systems require the signal handler to be reinstalled after calling, eg

thanks porter .. i m using fedora core 7 ,,it seems that it doesn't need the signal handler to be called again.

#include<stdio.h>
#include<signal.h>
void suicide();
main()
{
printf("use CTRL \\ for exiting \n");
printf("iiiiiiiiiiiiiis");
//signal(SIGINT,SIG_DFL);
signal(SIGQUIT,suicide);
for (;;
}

/*void suicide()
{ printf("hello here you r in the suicide code\n ");
}*/

void suicide(int num)
{
printf("hii u r in suicide\n");
}


why the second printf in main is being executed after pressing CTRL \ . the iiiiiiiis is being printed only after i m pressing CTRL \ ,,

#include<stdio.h>
main()
{printf("hello u\n");
printf("hello how r yu again ");
}

while here both the print statements are being executed in one go .. ???

I doubt whether it is operating system dependent.

It is dependent on the semantics of the signal used, whether older semantics is used or the newer semantics.

Once the function registered for signal handler is executed, the function has to be re-registered again to ensure that the function is executed when a signal of same type is received again

This is not needed with newer semantics, no need for re-registering it again and again.