RE: [PATCH] Allow sending SIGINT to child processes on Windows *if* they are running Perl

On Thu, 19 Apr 2007, Steve Hay wrote:
> Jan Dubois wrote:
> > In Perl 5.6 it was possible to send SIGINT to child processes on
> > Windows. One problem was that the signal would be delivered to *all*
> > child processes in the same process group. [...] The attached patch
> > re-enables sending SIGINT to console child processes if the child is
> > running Perl and the system is Windows NT or later. This doesn't
> > sound that useful, but it is the best I could come up with.
>
> Thanks, applied as #30979.
>
> Looks pretty useful to me: it's certainly a common case that I've come
> across a few times.

Note that the SendConsoleCtrlEvent() restriction still applies: it will only
work for processes running in the same console.

Cheers,
-Jan

• [PATCH] Allow sending SIGINT to child processes on Windows *if* they are running Perl by Jan Dubois
• Re: [PATCH] Allow sending SIGINT to child processes on Windows *if*they are running Perl by Steve Hay
• RE: [PATCH] Allow sending SIGINT to child processes on Windows *if* they are running Perl by Jan Dubois