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Re: Functions in kill-emacs-hook aren't run if emacs gets killed with SI
From: |
Eli Zaretskii |
Subject: |
Re: Functions in kill-emacs-hook aren't run if emacs gets killed with SIGTERM |
Date: |
Thu, 22 Jan 2009 20:23:51 +0200 |
> From: Tassilo Horn <address@hidden>
> Cc: Stefan Monnier <address@hidden>, address@hidden
> Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2009 10:00:43 +0100
>
> Is SIGTERM really such a fatal signal as you say? I always believed
> SIGTERM meant "shutdown, but do it cleanly" whereas SIGKILL meant "Die!
> Die! Die! NOW!".
No, the reason is that SIGKILL cannot be caught or ignored, whereas
SIGTERM can. Which has the practical effect that you mention, but
it's IMO important to understand the underlying reason.
- Functions in kill-emacs-hook aren't run if emacs gets killed with SIGTERM, Tassilo Horn, 2009/01/21
- Re: Functions in kill-emacs-hook aren't run if emacs gets killed with SIGTERM, Andreas Schwab, 2009/01/22
- Re: Functions in kill-emacs-hook aren't run if emacs gets killed with SIGTERM, Eli Zaretskii, 2009/01/22
- Re: Functions in kill-emacs-hook aren't run if emacs gets killed with SIGTERM, Richard M Stallman, 2009/01/22
- Re: Functions in kill-emacs-hook aren't run if emacs gets killed with SIGTERM, Stefan Monnier, 2009/01/22
- Re: Functions in kill-emacs-hook aren't run if emacs gets killed with SIGTERM, Eli Zaretskii, 2009/01/22
- Re: Functions in kill-emacs-hook aren't run if emacs gets killed with SIGTERM, Stefan Monnier, 2009/01/22
- Re: Functions in kill-emacs-hook aren't run if emacs gets killed with SIGTERM, Eli Zaretskii, 2009/01/23
- Re: Functions in kill-emacs-hook aren't run if emacs gets killed with SIGTERM, Tassilo Horn, 2009/01/23