signal handler and JNI

[Alex Dupre]

Alex Dupre <sysadmin <at> alexdupre.com> writes:

> Yes, I've read it before posting to the list, but I cannot see where it
> explains why I should call a print function to get the signal handled.
> And not every print function, sprintf() doesn't work, printf() with empty
> string doesn't work, currently I succeded with printf() and putc() to
> stdout and /dev/null (that's the workaround I'm using now, since I don't
> want anything printed out). I'd like to know if there is another or more
> appropriate function that I should call.

Actually putc() wasn't working, it was the fopen/fclose on /dev/null to deliver
the signal. Anyway, I found a better workaround, calling sleep(0) does the job.
If you could tell me why a putc('.') doesn't work and a sleep(0) works, it'd be
nice :-)

--
Alex Dupre



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