Application Cleanup during Linux Shutdown

I'm trying to do some cleanup (write open files) when Linux shuts down. I thought the right method would be to trap SIGTERM and do the necessary processing. Here's my sample code:

Code:

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#include <stdio.h> // for File I/O
#include <signal.h> // for signals
#include <unistd.h> // for sleep()

void handler(int signal)
{
        FILE *out=fopen("test.txt","at");
        if (out)
        {
                fprintf(out,"got %d\n",signal);
                fclose(out);
        }
}

int main()
{
        signal(SIGTERM,handler);
        signal(SIGINT,handler);
        sleep(30);
}

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When I run this, and press Ctrl-C, it writes "got 2" to test.txt. However, if I logout/reboot, nothing is written to the file.

Any help or ideas would be appreciated!

-Ron

Are you sure the 30s are enough? Maybe the application already exited before it received the SIGTERM?

So I would suggest, trying with in infinite loop and sending the process SIGTERM from another window (kill -15 pid).

Those functions (fopen, fprintf, fclose) technically aren't async-signal-safe.
http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/...l#tag_02_04_04

Also, sleep() returns when a signal is delivered. To ensure 30 seconds go by:

Code:

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unsigned seconds = 30;
while (seconds > 0)
  seconds = sleep(seconds);

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gg