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I work on a web application which uses memcache, mongodb etc along with a python based web framework. python needs to be in foreground so that I can see the console output, or enter debugger if required.

Currently I have a start.sh 

memcache_start mongodb_start python fg

and stop.sh

memcache_stop mongodb_stop

scripts that does automates everything.

Normaly I kill the python in fg using Ctrl-C which kills the python. Now I need to explicitly run the stop.sh to bring the system down gracefully.

Is it possible for start.sh to be aware of the Ctrl-C SIGINT so that I can execute the stop commands as well since it is logically the next successive action that has to be performed?

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Use trap ' ' INT before running python to tell your shell to ignore SIGINT and trap - INT afterwards to restore default behavior:

memcache_start mongodb_start trap ' ' INT python fg trap - INT memcache_stop mongodb_stop

After the trap ' ' INT line the shell is instructed to ignore SIGINT, but python is not affected by this. So, when you hit Ctrl+C, python quits normally, but the shell carries on, executing the remaining cleanup commands of your script. The second command, trap - INT is not strictly required, it enables you to use Ctrl+C again to stop the cleanup process. That is, if you send SIGINT to memcache_stop, the shell won't try to execute mongodb_stop and will simply quit.

Here's a detailed article describing how SIGINT/SIGQUIT are handled by shells.

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  • This is simply BRILLIANT. I don't understand what you mean though. Can you explain a little more in detail or give a pointer to read? Commented Nov 8, 2016 at 7:39
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    @Nishant I have edited my answer, hope that helps. Commented Nov 8, 2016 at 21:18
  • Thanks @DmitryGrigoryev really appreciate. That's more than enough pointers to understand this better. Commented Nov 9, 2016 at 3:25

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