Re: trap builtin ignores function named 'stop' as arg

[Chet Ramey]

> Machine Type: i386-redhat-linux-gnu
> 
> Bash Version: 2.05b
> Patch Level: 0
> Release Status: release
> 
> Description:
> 
> Given "function stop() { ... }" in a bash script and "trap stop SIGINT"
> command later in the script, no "trap" is set. Also, the status returned
> by 'trap' command is 0.

This particular problem is caused by the fact that bash does not require
the  `SIG' prefix on a signal specification.  It will interpret `stop'
and `sigstop' as identical, and, in this case, reset the handlers for
SIGSTOP and SIGINT to their default values.

The easy workaround is to use

        trap ' stop' SIGINT

Chet

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