Re: SIGINT vs. SIGTERM?

Daniel Stenberg via curl-users <[email protected]> Sun, 25 Aug 2024 23:20:04 +0200 (CEST)

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On Sun, 25 Aug 2024, Paul Gilmartin via curl-users wrote:

> Running curl from a script I attempt to terminate a long download.
>    kill -INT  curl has no effect
>    kill -TERM curl terminates curl.
>
> Does curl trap SIGINT for some special behavior, leaving the default 
> SIGTERM?

SIGINT is the signal that hitting ctrl-c in a terminal sends to the 
application like when aborting a slow transfer. I use that frequently with 
curl and I have never seen or experienced a problem with that. So no, curl 
does not ignore SIGINT.

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