Re: pcap_loop() not returning after pcap_breakloop()

["Richard Hansen" <pcap-ri () scientician org>]

> If pcap_breakloop() is called in a signal handler, and the signal in 
> question isn't set up to restart system calls, that should 
> let the loop terminate cleanly.  If it's not called in a signal 
> handler, i.e. if there's no signal that was delivered to the process, 
> that won't help.

Can I send a signal myself to get it to terminate cleanly?  If so, is there a good reference for how to do this?  
(Sorry, I'm new to C and *nix programming and I don't know much about signals.)

Thanks,
Richard


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