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Diffstat (limited to 'cmd2/utils.py')
| -rw-r--r-- | cmd2/utils.py | 6 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/cmd2/utils.py b/cmd2/utils.py index 3155c64a..a1a0d377 100644 --- a/cmd2/utils.py +++ b/cmd2/utils.py @@ -517,10 +517,12 @@ class ProcReader(object): self._err_thread.start() def send_sigint(self) -> None: - """Send a SIGINT to the process similar to if <Ctrl>+C were pressed.""" + """Send a SIGINT to the process similar to if <Ctrl>+C were pressed""" import signal if sys.platform.startswith('win'): - self._proc.send_signal(signal.CTRL_C_EVENT) + # cmd2 started the Windows process in a new process group. Therefore + # a CTRL_C_EVENT can't be sent to it. Send a CTRL_BREAK_EVENT instead. + self._proc.send_signal(signal.CTRL_BREAK_EVENT) else: # Since cmd2 uses shell=True in its Popen calls, we need to send the SIGINT to # the whole process group to make sure it propagates further than the shell |