"""This module provides mechanisms to use signal handlers in Python. Functions: alarm() -- cause SIGALRM after a specified time [Unix only] setitimer() -- cause a signal (described below) after a specified float time and the timer may restart then [Unix only] getitimer() -- get current value of timer [Unix only] signal() -- set the action for a given signal getsignal() -- get the signal action for a given signal pause() -- wait until a signal arrives [Unix only] default_int_handler() -- default SIGINT handler signal constants: SIG_DFL -- used to refer to the system default handler SIG_IGN -- used to ignore the signal NSIG -- number of defined signals SIGINT, SIGTERM, etc. -- signal numbers itimer constants: ITIMER_REAL -- decrements in real time, and delivers SIGALRM upon expiration ITIMER_VIRTUAL -- decrements only when the process is executing, and delivers SIGVTALRM upon expiration ITIMER_PROF -- decrements both when the process is executing and when the system is executing on behalf of the process. Coupled with ITIMER_VIRTUAL, this timer is usually used to profile the time spent by the application in user and kernel space. SIGPROF is delivered upon expiration. *** IMPORTANT NOTICE *** A signal handler function is called with two arguments: the first is the signal number, the second is the interrupted stack frame.""" CTRL_BREAK_EVENT=1 CTRL_C_EVENT=0 NSIG=23 SIGABRT=22 SIGBREAK=21 SIGFPE=8 SIGILL=4 SIGINT=2 SIGSEGV=11 SIGTERM=15 SIG_DFL=0 SIG_IGN=1 def signal(signalnum, handler) : pass