Re: trapping conundrum

[Paul Jarc]

<kevin@exstor.com> wrote:
>   I'm been trying to use the trap command to 'bullet proof' a
> script.  It works like a charm with the exception of ctrl-d, ctrl-s,
> and ctrl-q.

Those keys don't send signals, so there's nothing to trap.

> I did 'kill -l' to get the list of available signals and have tried
> trapping ALL of them.

SIGKILL and SIGSTOP will always be delivered; traps for them will not
be used.


paul