From: Han Holl <han.holl@...>
Date: 2007-10-04T19:14:51+09:00
Subject: Re: Signal handling strangeness (Linux)

On 10/4/07, Bertram Scharpf <lists@bertram-scharpf.de> wrote:

> The wait is part of popen. So, `tail' runs until
> Process.pid(==$$) terminates and $$ waits for the `tail' to
> finish. It's a deadlock but it's the correct behaviour. You
> should state a clear definition which task is to be stopped.
> You can offer a pid or a kill command by another feature of
> your Ruby application.
>
Yes, but the deadlock isn't there without the trap('TERM').

Cheers,

Han Holl