Writing to log file when script is killed

[Harlin Seritt]

I am looking for a way for my script to write to a log file saying
something like this:

I was killed at time.asctime()

I would like to be able to do this if/when the script is killed by
means rather than my own. How in the world would I accomplish this?

Thanks,

Harlin

 

[wittempj]

If you run on unix you can use the signal module to intercept a kill -
see http://docs.python.org/lib/node368.html for a quick example

 

[Heiko Wundram]

Am Samstag, 30. April 2005 14:26 schrieb (e-mail address removed):

If you run on unix you can use the signal module to intercept a kill -
see http://docs.python.org/lib/node368.html for a quick example

You cannot intercept a kill (that's the whole meaning of SIGKILL, rather than
SIGTERM)... Read up on UNIX signal handling.

But, for the rest: you could intercept SIGTERM, log a message, and raise a
SystemExit exception. That should do the trick.

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--- Heiko.
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[Miki Tebeka]

Hello Heiko,

Am Samstag, 30. April 2005 14:26 schrieb (e-mail address removed):

You cannot intercept a kill (that's the whole meaning of SIGKILL, rather than
SIGTERM)... Read up on UNIX signal handling.

But, for the rest: you could intercept SIGTERM, log a message, and raise a
SystemExit exception. That should do the trick.

You can also use "register" from "atexit" module.

Bye.
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[wittempj]

Ok, I was sloppy - I meant the regular kill, not the -9 version...

 

[Michael Hoffman]

Ok, I was sloppy - I meant the regular kill, not the -9 version...

You're still being sloppy. The "-9 version" is called SIGKILL, hence
the confusion (actually I doubt anyone is confused).

What you mean is SIGTERM. Call it that and you will be safe even from
the most demanding of pedants.