Python - Trap all signals

Question

In python 2.6 under Linux, I can use the following to handle a TERM signal:

import signal
def handleSigTERM():
    shutdown()
signal.signal(signal.SIGTERM, h         


        

Answer 1

If you want to get rid of the try, just ignore signals that cannot be caught.

#!/usr/bin/env python
# https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2148888/python-trap-all-signals
import os
import sys
import time
import signal

SIGNALS_TO_NAMES_DICT = dict((getattr(signal, n), n) \
    for n in dir(signal) if n.startswith('SIG') and '_' not in n )


def receive_signal(signum, stack):
    if signum in [1,2,3,15]:
        print 'Caught signal %s (%s), exiting.' % (SIGNALS_TO_NAMES_DICT[signum], str(signum))
        sys.exit()
    else:
        print 'Caught signal %s (%s), ignoring.' % (SIGNALS_TO_NAMES_DICT[signum], str(signum))

def main():
    uncatchable = ['SIG_DFL','SIGSTOP','SIGKILL']
    for i in [x for x in dir(signal) if x.startswith("SIG")]:
        if not i in uncatchable:
            signum = getattr(signal,i)
            signal.signal(signum,receive_signal)
    print('My PID: %s' % os.getpid())
    while True:
        time.sleep(1)
main()

Answer 2

As of Python 3.5, the signal constants are defined as an enum, enabling a nicer approach:

import signal

catchable_sigs = set(signal.Signals) - {signal.SIGKILL, signal.SIGSTOP}
for sig in catchable_sigs:
    signal.signal(sig, print)  # Substitute handler of choice for `print`

Answer 3

For Python 3:

for sig in signal.Signals:
    try:
        signal.signal(sig, sighandler)
    except OSError:
        print('Skipping', sig)

Answer 4

That code won't work in the current version of python. There are many variables starting with SIG with the same value. For instance, SIGHUP and SIG_UNBLOCK are both 1. The only way I could think of to get a list of actual signals was to just make it myself.

from signal import *    
signals = {
        SIGABRT: 'SIGABRT',
        SIGALRM: 'SIGALRM',
        SIGBUS: 'SIGBUS',
        SIGCHLD: 'SIGCHLD',
        SIGCONT: 'SIGCONT',
        SIGFPE: 'SIGFPE',
        SIGHUP: 'SIGHUP',
        SIGILL: 'SIGILL',
        SIGINT: 'SIGINT',
        SIGPIPE: 'SIGPIPE',
        SIGPOLL: 'SIGPOLL',
        SIGPROF: 'SIGPROF',
        SIGQUIT: 'SIGQUIT',
        SIGSEGV: 'SIGSEGV',
        SIGSYS: 'SIGSYS',
        SIGTERM: 'SIGTERM',
        SIGTRAP: 'SIGTRAP',
        SIGTSTP: 'SIGTSTP',
        SIGTTIN: 'SIGTTIN',
        SIGTTOU: 'SIGTTOU',
        SIGURG: 'SIGURG',
        SIGUSR1: 'SIGUSR1',
        SIGUSR2: 'SIGUSR2',
        SIGVTALRM: 'SIGVTALRM',
        SIGXCPU: 'SIGXCPU',
        SIGXFSZ: 'SIGXFSZ',
        }

for num in signals:
    signal(num, h)

Answer 5

In Python3.8 we've got a new function signal.valid_signals() https://docs.python.org/3/library/signal.html#signal.valid_signals

import signal
for sig in signal.valid_signals():
    print(f"{sig:2d}",sig)

Answer 6

You could just loop through the signals in the signal module and set them up.

for i in [x for x in dir(signal) if x.startswith("SIG")]:
  try:
    signum = getattr(signal,i)
    signal.signal(signum,sighandler)
  except (OSError, RuntimeError) as m: #OSError for Python3, RuntimeError for 2
    print ("Skipping {}".format(i))