I have some code that is executed when the process is killed, can I actually call kill(getpid()) to force the execution of this code (and close the process obviously)?
I have some code that is executed when the process is killed, can I
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I have some code that is executed when the process is killed, can I actually call kill(getpid()) to force the execution of this code (and close the process obviously)?
Yes, you can. There’s even a specific function for it —
raise(sig)— althoughkill(getpid(), sig)will work too.