putty/unix/signal.c

#include <signal.h>

/*
 * Calling signal() is a non-portable, as it varies in meaning between
 * platforms and depending on feature macros, and has stupid semantics
 * at least some of the time.
 *
 * This function provides the same interface as the libc function, but
 * provides consistent semantics.  It assumes POSIX semantics for
 * sigaction() (so you might need to do some more work if you port to
 * something ancient like SunOS 4)
 */
void (*putty_signal(int sig, void (*func)(int)))(int) {
    struct sigaction sa;
    struct sigaction old;
    
    sa.sa_handler = func;
    if(sigemptyset(&sa.sa_mask) < 0)
	return SIG_ERR;
    sa.sa_flags = SA_RESTART;
    if(sigaction(sig, &sa, &old) < 0)
	return SIG_ERR;
    return old.sa_handler;
}

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