Signal Handling Interview Question:

What happens as the SIGINT signal hits the running process of this program?

#include<stdio.h>
#include<signal.h>
#include<stdlib.h>

int main()
{
pid_t child;
signal(SIGINT,SIG_IGN);
child=fork();
switch(child){
case -1:
perror("fork");
exit(1);
case 0:
while(1){
printf("Child Processn");
sleep(1);
}
break;
default :
while(1){
printf("Parent Processn");
pause();
}
break;
}
return 0;
}
a) child process terminates
b) parent process terminates
c) both child and parent process ignores the signal
d) none of the mentioned

Submitted by: Murtaza

c) both child and parent process ignores the signal
Explanation:
If a process ignores a signal then by default its child also ignores that signal.
Output:
[root@localhost google]# gcc -o san san.c
[root@localhost google]# ./san
Parent Process
Child Process
Child Process
^CChild Process
^CChild Process
^CChild Process
^Z
[3]+ Stopped ./san
[root@localhost signal]#
Submitted by: Murtaza