Functions HI-TECH C SIGNAL

SIGNAL

SYNOPSIS

#include <signal.h>
void (* signal)(int sig, void (*func)());

DESCRIPTION

Signal() provides a mechanism for catching control-C's (ctrl-BREAK for MS-DOS) typed on the console during I/O. Under CP/M the console is polled whenever an I/O call is performed, while for MS-DOS the polling depends on the setting of the BREAK command. If a control-C is detected certain action will be performed. The default action is to exit summarily; this may be modified with signal(). The sig argument to signal may at the present time be only SIGINT, signifying an interrupt condition. The func argument may be one of SIG_DFL, representing the default action, SIG_IGN, to ignore control-C's completely, or the address of a function which will be called with one argument, the number of the signal caught, when a control-C is seen. As the only signal supported is SIGINT, this will always be the value of the argument to the called function.

SEE ALSO

exit