[erlang-questions] escript and ctrl+c

Vivek Ayer vivek.ayer@REDACTED
Tue Apr 3 00:35:11 CEST 2012


Let's propose it for R16! :)

On Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 3:13 PM, Garrett Smith <g@REDACTED> wrote:
> Heh, I wrote that :)
>
> No, that's definitely not what you're asking for. It's the most
> misleading title imaginable!
>
> The title is generic across all 0MQ language examples -- but Erlang
> doesn't support "handling ctrl-c cleanly". The example shows what the
> equivalent shutdown handler might look like.
>
> Sorry about that.
>
> I'd still suggest a wrapper script in something like Python, which
> handles signals well.
>
> Btw, given Erlang's server side heritage, I'm surprised it *does not*
> handle signals. Most background OS processes do.
>
> On Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 4:39 PM, Vivek Ayer <vivek.ayer@REDACTED> wrote:
>> Looks like the zeromq community has already solved this:
>>
>> http://zguide.zeromq.org/es:interrupt
>>
>> If I'm not mistaken, this should do what I want. Can you all confirm?
>>
>> Vivek
>>
>> On Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 10:23 AM, Vivek Ayer <vivek.ayer@REDACTED> wrote:
>>> Hi List,
>>>
>>> I've been using escripts to prototype erlang code. It's really great
>>> and you can have something functional (no pun intended) very quick,
>>> similar to prototyping in python.
>>>
>>> Anyways, escript serves all my needs except for shutdown signals. I
>>> can't quite figure out how make an exit action like 'Ctrl+C' trigger
>>> something like an 'exit' or 'stop' routine in my scripts. How would I
>>> go about accomplishing this? Help appreciated.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Vivek
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