Terminate pipe processes instead of sending them SIGINTs

2 files changed, 6 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/cmd2/cmd2.py b/cmd2/cmd2.py
index 1226bc59..ae47fb4f 100644
--- a/cmd2/cmd2.py
+++ b/cmd2/cmd2.py
@@ -1655,8 +1655,8 @@ class Cmd(cmd.Cmd):
         :param frame
         """
         try:
-            # Forward the sigint to the current pipe process
-            self.pipe_proc_reader.send_sigint()
+            # Terminate the current pipe process
+            self.pipe_proc_reader.terminate()
         except AttributeError:
             # Ignore since self.pipe_proc_reader was None
             pass
@@ -1920,7 +1920,7 @@ class Cmd(cmd.Cmd):
             # We want Popen to raise an exception if it fails to open the process.  Thus we don't set shell to True.
             try:
                 # Set options to not forward signals to the pipe process. If a Ctrl-C event occurs,
-                # our sigint handler will forward it to the most recent pipe process. This makes sure
+                # our sigint handler terminate the most recent pipe process. This makes sure
                 # pipe processes close in the right order (most recent first).
                 if sys.platform == 'win32':
                     creationflags = subprocess.CREATE_NEW_PROCESS_GROUP
diff --git a/cmd2/utils.py b/cmd2/utils.py
index 697cf6f8..7e36da92 100644
--- a/cmd2/utils.py
+++ b/cmd2/utils.py
@@ -404,10 +404,10 @@ class ProcReader(object):
         if self._proc.stderr is not None:
             self._err_thread.start()
 
-    def send_sigint(self) -> None:
-        """Send a SIGINT to the process"""
+    def terminate(self) -> None:
+        """Terminate the process"""
         import signal
-        self._proc.send_signal(signal.SIGINT)
+        self._proc.terminate()
 
     def wait(self) -> None:
         """Wait for the process to finish"""