From: Reginald Tan Date: 2012-02-03T07:19:01+09:00 Subject: Re: SIGINT not being captured immediately after using system() command Btw, the behavior I described only happens on ruby-1.8.7-p357. When I switched to ruby-1.9.2-p290, ctrl + c immediately exits the program for both cases. -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.