Signal Handling in C

Question

How can I implement signal Handling for Ctrl-C and Ctrl-D in C....So If Ctrl-C is pressed then the program will ignore and try to get the input from the user again...If Ctrl

Answer 1

Firstly, Ctrl+D is an EOF indicator which you cannot trap, when a program is waiting for input, hitting Ctrl+D signifies end of file and to expect no more input. On the other hand, using Ctrl+C to terminate a program - that is SIGINT, which can be trapped by doing this:

#include 
#include 
#include 
#include 

static void signal_handler(int);
static void cleanup(void);
void init_signals(void);
void panic(const char *, ...);

struct sigaction sigact;
char *progname;

int main(int argc, char **argv){
    char *s;
    progname = *(argv);
    atexit(cleanup);
    init_signals();
    // do the work
    exit(0);
}

void init_signals(void){
    sigact.sa_handler = signal_handler;
    sigemptyset(&sigact.sa_mask);
    sigact.sa_flags = 0;
    sigaction(SIGINT, &sigact, (struct sigaction *)NULL);
}

static void signal_handler(int sig){
    if (sig == SIGINT) panic("Caught signal for Ctrl+C\n");
}

void panic(const char *fmt, ...){
    char buf[50];
    va_list argptr;
    va_start(argptr, fmt);
    vsprintf(buf, fmt, argptr);
    va_end(argptr);
    fprintf(stderr, buf);
    exit(-1);
}

void cleanup(void){
    sigemptyset(&sigact.sa_mask);
    /* Do any cleaning up chores here */
}