Ctrl-C handler, how to override?

[Michael Hudson]

Bruce Edge <edgebruce at yahoo.com> writes:

> How the @#$!$ do override the SIGINT handler?
> 
> I can create handlers for other signals, but not for SIGINT:
> 
> >>> getsignal(SIGINT)
> <built-in function default_int_handler>
> >>> def handler(signum, frame):
> ...   print "got signal", signum
> >>> signal(SIGINT, handler)
> 1
> >>> getsignal(SIGINT)
> <function handler at 0x81466f4>
> 
> ...Looks OK so far, but Ctrl-C's still call the default handler:
> 
> >>> 
> KeyboardInterrupt
> >>> 
> KeyboardInterrupt

You are being messed around by readline.  It'll work when not in
interactive mode.

Cheers,
M.

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