Re^2: Catching a signal causes my socket server to die

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My understanding is that accept() returns on SIGALRM because it uses sleep() internally which uses SIGALRM in it's implementation - so you basically have two SIGALRM handlers. I had hoped that I could avoid this with SIGUSR1, but.... apparently not.

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Re^3: Catching a signal causes my socket server to die by ikegami (Patriarch) on Jan 08, 2009 at 01:29 UTC
`accept` is a system call. It doesn't use `sleep`, a different system call. Mind you, both put the process in a sleep state, and both are reactive to signals. Any signals, not just ALRM.	[reply] [d/l] [select]

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