Shell Script get CTRL+Z with Trap

Question

I am trying to get the SIGSTOP CTRL+Z signal in my script\'s trap.

When my script is executing, if I temporarily suspend

Answer 1

There are two signals you can't trap*, SIGKILL and SIGSTOP. Use another signal.

^{*: without modifying the kernel}

IEEE standard:

Setting a trap for SIGKILL or SIGSTOP produces undefined results.

Answer 2

The problem here is you are trying to suspend a process that is already sleeping.

It is also good practice to use DIR=$(mktemp -d) in shell scripts to create temp directories.

CTRL-C is signal (2) / CTRL-Z (20):

catch_exits() {
        printf "\n$(basename $0): exiting\n" 1>&2
        rm -rf $DIR
        exit 1
}

trap catch_exits 1 2 3 15 20

DIR="$(mktemp -d)"
read -p "not sleeping" test

if you send a function to the background (such as for a cursor spinner) - then you need to disable CTRL-Z while the long process is running with:

trap "" SIGTSTP