{"id":26422,"date":"2022-01-03T09:18:34","date_gmt":"2022-01-03T03:48:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/python-programs.com\/?p=26422"},"modified":"2022-01-03T09:18:34","modified_gmt":"2022-01-03T03:48:34","slug":"python-signal-module-with-examples","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/python-programs.com\/python-signal-module-with-examples\/","title":{"rendered":"Python Signal Module with Examples"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Signal module comes in useful when we need to handle specific signals in Python.<\/p>\n<h4>Signal<\/h4>\n<p>A Signal is a way for a program to receive information from the Operating System. When the operating system receives specific events, it can send that programs in the form of signals.<\/p>\n<p>When we press the keystrokes <strong>Ctrl + C<\/strong> on our keyboard, for example, the Operating System generates a signal that is sent on to programs. The signal SIGINT is generated and sent to the programs for this particular combination.<\/p>\n<p>There is a standard protocol for assigning these signals, which are commonly short for integers, in all common operating systems.<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>signal<\/strong> module in Python is where these signals are defined.<\/p>\n<p>Importing signal module<\/p>\n<pre>import signal<\/pre>\n<p>You can use signal.valid _signals to see all of the valid signals in your system (depending on the operating system)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Example<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Approach:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Import signal module using the import keyword.<\/li>\n<li>Get all the valid signals on our OS using the valid_signals() function.<\/li>\n<li>Store it in another variable.<\/li>\n<li>Print all the above valid signals.<\/li>\n<li>The Exit of the Program.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Below is the implementation:<\/strong><\/p>\n<pre class=\"EnlighterJSRAW\" data-enlighter-language=\"python\"># Import signal module using the import keyword\r\nimport signal\r\n# Get all the valid signals on our OS using the valid_signals() function\r\n# Store it in another variable.\r\nvalidsignls = signal.valid_signals()\r\n# Print all the above valid signals \r\nprint(validsignls)<\/pre>\n<p><strong>Output:<\/strong><\/p>\n<pre>{&lt;Signals.SIGINT: 2&gt;, &lt;Signals.SIGILL: 4&gt;, &lt;Signals.SIGFPE: 8&gt;,\r\n &lt;Signals.SIGSEGV: 11&gt;, &lt;Signals.SIGTERM: 15&gt;, &lt;Signals.SIGBREAK: 21&gt;,\r\n &lt;Signals.SIGABRT: 22&gt;}<\/pre>\n<p>Now, for all signals, the OS will assign some default actions to each program.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, we can use signal handlers to achieve our desired behavior.<\/p>\n<h4>Signal Handler in Python<\/h4>\n<p>A Signal Handler is a user-defined function that handles Python signals.<\/p>\n<p>If we consider the signal SIGINT (Interrupt Signal), the default behavior is to terminate the current program.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, we may set a signal handler to detect this signal and perform our custom processing!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Example<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Approach:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Import signal module using the import keyword<\/li>\n<li>Import time module using the import keyword<\/li>\n<li>create a function signalHandler which accepts the signal number and framenumber as arguments<\/li>\n<li>print the value of signal number and frame<\/li>\n<li>create a function exitHandler which accepts the signal number and framenumber as arguments<\/li>\n<li>print a random text(acknowledgment) for exiting<\/li>\n<li>exit using the exit() function<\/li>\n<li>With &#8216;SIGINT&#8217; (CTRL + C), we can register our signal handler.<\/li>\n<li>&#8216;SIGTSTP&#8217; (Ctrl + Z) is used to register the exit handler.<\/li>\n<li>Loop infinite times using the while(1) which is always true<\/li>\n<li>print the text ctrl+c<\/li>\n<li>sleep for 3 seconds using the sleep() function in time<\/li>\n<li>The Exit of the Program<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Below is the implementation:<\/strong><\/p>\n<pre class=\"EnlighterJSRAW\" data-enlighter-language=\"python\"># Import signal module using the import keyword\r\nimport signal  \r\n# Import time module using the import keyword\r\nimport time  \r\n# create a function signalHandler which accepts the signal number and framenumber as arguments \r\ndef signalHandler(signalnumb, frame):  \r\n  #print the value of signal number and frame\r\n    print(\"Signal Number:\", signalnumb, \" Frame: \", frame)  \r\n# create a function exitHandler which accepts the signal number and framenumber as arguments \r\ndef exitHandler(signalnumb, frame):\r\n  # print a random text(acknowledgment) for exiting \r\n    print('Exiting!!!!')\r\n    #exit using the exit() function\r\n    exit(0)\r\n \r\n# With 'SIGINT' (CTRL + C), we can register our signal handler.\r\nsignal.signal(signal.SIGINT, signalHandler)\r\n \r\n# 'SIGTSTP' (Ctrl + Z) is used to register the exit handler.\r\nsignal.signal(signal.SIGTSTP, exitHandler)\r\n \r\n# Loop infinite times using the while(1) which is always true\r\nwhile 1:  \r\n    #print the text ctrl+c\r\n    print(\"Please Press Ctrl + C\")\r\n    #sleep for 3 seconds using the sleep() function in time \r\n    time.sleep(3)<\/pre>\n<p>After we execute our program, pressing Ctrl + C will take us to the <strong>signalHandler<\/strong>() function, because we have registered the handler with SIGINT (Ctrl + C).<\/p>\n<p>Another handler, <strong>exitHandler(),<\/strong> exits the program when we press Ctrl + Z, which sends a SIGTSTP signal.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Output:<\/strong><\/p>\n<pre>Please Press Ctrl + C \r\nSignal Number: 2 Frame: &lt;frame at 0x7fae4a6badd0, file '&lt;ipython-input-1-adfb4209d24a&gt;', line 27, code &lt;module&gt;&gt;\r\nExiting!!!<\/pre>\n<h3>Alarm Signals<\/h3>\n<p>To transmit alarm signals to our code, we can utilize the SIGALARM signal.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Example<\/strong><\/p>\n<pre class=\"EnlighterJSRAW\" data-enlighter-language=\"python\"># Import signal module using the import keyword\r\nimport signal  \r\n# Import time module using the import keyword\r\nimport time  \r\n# create a function alarmhandler which accepts the signal number and framenumber as arguments \r\ndef alarmhandler(signalnumb, frame):  \r\n    # print the alarm time using the ctime() function in time module\r\n    print('The Alarm Time is:', time.ctime())  \r\n \r\n# Initiate our handler of the alarm signal\r\nsignal.signal(signal.SIGALRM, alarmhandler)\r\n# After 3 seconds, set the alarm by passing 3 as an argument to the alarm() function.\r\nsignal.alarm(3) \r\n# Print the current Time using the ctime() function in time module\r\nprint('The current Time is:', time.ctime())  \r\n# sleep for 3 seconds using the sleep() function in time \r\ntime.sleep(3)<\/pre>\n<p><strong>Output:<\/strong><\/p>\n<pre>The current Time is: Fri Dec 31 16:41:52 2021\r\nThe Alarm Time is: Fri Dec 31 16:41:55 2021<\/pre>\n<p>In the final line, we sleep for 3 seconds to allow the alarm signal to reach our program. 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