I have a program which takes a long time to complete. I would like
it to be able to catch SIGINT
(ctrl-c) and call the self.save_work()
method.
As it stands, my signal_hander()
does not work since
self
is not defined by the time the program reaches signal_handler()
.
How can I set it up so self.save_work
gets called after a SIGINT
?
#!/usr/bin/env python
import signal
def signal_handler(signal, frame):
self.save_work() # Does not work
exit(1)
signal.signal(signal.SIGINT, signal_handler)
class Main(object):
def do_stuff(self):
...
def save_work(self):
...
def __init__(self):
self.do_stuff()
self.save_work()
if __name__=='__main__':
Main()
Usually, "work" involves some kind of a big loop. To tame your loop, and prevent it from breaking in an unknown step, you can use the following context manager:
To use:
From here: https://gist.github.com/2907502
If you just want to catch ctr+c then you can catch the KeyboardInterrupt exception:
Not that I think this is a good design after all. It looks like you need to be using a function instead of a constructor.