sending signals to the calling function

[Mathias Waack]

Haim Ashkenazi wrote:
> I have a function that receive a list of files and creates a zip
> from these files. I want it to send signal to the calling function
> with the name of the file it currently compressing. is there a way
> to do this (without threads)?

Maybe. You should better explain your problem then asking how to
implement your solution. 

Mathias