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From: Oberhumer Markus <k3040e4 AT c210 DOT edvz DOT uni-linz DOT ac DOT at>
Subject: Re: stdin binmode + Ctrl-Break
To: eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il (Eli Zaretskii)
Date: Wed, 3 Sep 1997 10:10:00 +0200 (METDST)
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> > But for some reason Ctrl-Break doesn't work either, so if I
> > forget to redirect stdin on the command line I have to reboot !
> > 
> > Am I missing something ?
> 
> You forget that signal handling is delayed until your app is back in 
> protected mode and in its main thread.  Since your program is parked 
> inside a real-mode DOS call (that reads from stdin), you never get to 
> handle the signal.

But I can reenable Ctrl-C with __djgpp_set_ctrl_c (or similiar) - 
and then I can interrupt the program.

Why doesn't this work with Ctrl-Break ?