How do I capture SIGINT in Python?

Question

I\'m working on a python script that starts several processes and database connections. Every now and then I want to kill the script with a Ctrl+C sign

Answer 1

If you want to ensure that your cleanup process finishes I would add on to Matt J's answer by using a SIG_IGN so that further SIGINT are ignored which will prevent your cleanup from being interrupted.

import signal
import sys

def signal_handler(signum, frame):
    signal.signal(signum, signal.SIG_IGN) # ignore additional signals
    cleanup() # give your process a chance to clean up
    sys.exit(0)

signal.signal(signal.SIGINT, signal_handler) # register the signal with the signal handler first
do_stuff()