Re: pcap_loop() not returning after

[David Rosal <david.rosal () upf edu>]

Richard Hansen wrote:
> > If pcap_breakloop() is called in a signal handler, and the signal in 
> > question isn't set up to restart system calls, that should 
> > let the loop terminate cleanly.  If it's not called in a signal 
> > handler, i.e. if there's no signal that was delivered to the process, 
> > that won't help.
>
>
> Can I send a signal myself to get it to terminate cleanly?  If so, is there a good reference for how to do this?  (Sorry, 
> I'm new to C and *nix programming and I don't know much about signals.)

The function raise() sends a signal to the own process. Type man 
raise for more information.


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