Re: [Expectperl-discuss] Is it possible to interrupt spawned session (like Ctrl-C)

[Ken I. <fn...@ua...>]

On Thu, Jul 05, 2007 at 12:26:20AM -0700, markgo wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> In some script I'm sending the command that runs some tool that could only
> be stopped by pressing Ctrl-C. It does not wait for any input. Is there any
> way to simulate this Ctrl-C (that is SIGINT) except closing the session?
> 
> Currently it looks like that:
> 
> $session = new Expect;
> $session->spawn("su - $user_name") or die "..."; # Script runs as root
> $session->expect(....);
> ...
> 
> $session->send("sudo $tool");
> 
> ...
> 
> This is a tool I'd like to interrupt.
> 
> $session->send("\cC") does not work, I suppose because the tool is not
> waiting for input.
> 
> Thank you,
> Mark

Why not just send the signal directly to the process:

   kill SIGINT $tool_pid;

Ken

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Ken Irving, fn...@ua...