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Date: | Thu, 02 Aug 2012 17:02:04 -0400 |
From: | "Roger K. Wells" <ROGER DOT K DOT WELLS AT saic DOT com> |
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Subject: | Re: Ctrl+C not working with windows programs in Cygwin 1.7.16 |
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On 08/02/2012 04:26 PM, Daniel Colascione wrote: > On 8/2/2012 12:32 PM, Marcin Kielar wrote: >> Steps to reproduce: >> >> 1. Start cygwin using cygwin.bat >> 2. Run `ping -t google.com` >> 3. Try breaking it with Ctrl+C > This problem arises from Cygwin's use of CREATE_NEW_PROCESS_GROUP. From MSDN: > > "When a process is created with CREATE_NEW_PROCESS_GROUP specified, an implicit > call to SetConsoleCtrlHandler(NULL,TRUE) is made on behalf of the new process; > this means that the new process has CTRL+C disabled. This lets shells handle > CTRL+C themselves, and selectively pass that signal on to sub-processes. > CTRL+BREAK is not disabled, and may be used to interrupt the process/process group." > > SetConsoleCtrlHandler(NULL,TRUE) tells a process and all its children to ignore > control-C. This problem only affects programs run in a console --- in a pty, > Cygwin just terminates Windows processes in response to SIGINT. > This may be true but it is a recent development. From the similar thread that specifies a java process my remarks: > This is still a problem. > CYGWIN_NT-6.1 rwells-w7 1.7.16(0.262/5/3) 2012-07-20 22:55 i686 Cygwin > > We have been developing CLI applications for close to 20 years and > have never had a > problem with the cygwin bash shell failing to pass Ctrl-C signals to > the application until now. > Luckily the cmd.exe still does. > > Let me know if it something that I can help track down. Glad to help > if possible. > -- Roger Wells, P.E. SAIC 221 Third St Newport, RI 02840 401-847-4210 (voice) 401-849-1585 (fax) roger DOT k DOT wells AT saic DOT com -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
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