Process started by script does not receive SIGINT

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I am on Ubuntu 16.04.5 LTS (AWS)



I am creating a python process via this command:
nohup python -u main.py > nohup.out 2>&1 &



I would like to send a ctrl-c/SIGINT to the process, so I send kill -2 <pid>.



When I start the process from my terminal, this works fine, the program receives the keyboard interrupt and closes gracefully.



When I start the process via a .sh script or via another bash process (e.g. bash -c 'nohup python -u main.py > nohup.out 2>&1 &'). (I believe both methods start the process in the same way), the process does not receive the SIGINT when I send it.



SIGTERM (default kill) works normally and closes the process, but does not let the process close gracefully, but I need.



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    I am on Ubuntu 16.04.5 LTS (AWS)



    I am creating a python process via this command:
    nohup python -u main.py > nohup.out 2>&1 &



    I would like to send a ctrl-c/SIGINT to the process, so I send kill -2 <pid>.



    When I start the process from my terminal, this works fine, the program receives the keyboard interrupt and closes gracefully.



    When I start the process via a .sh script or via another bash process (e.g. bash -c 'nohup python -u main.py > nohup.out 2>&1 &'). (I believe both methods start the process in the same way), the process does not receive the SIGINT when I send it.



    SIGTERM (default kill) works normally and closes the process, but does not let the process close gracefully, but I need.



    What's happening?










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      I am on Ubuntu 16.04.5 LTS (AWS)



      I am creating a python process via this command:
      nohup python -u main.py > nohup.out 2>&1 &



      I would like to send a ctrl-c/SIGINT to the process, so I send kill -2 <pid>.



      When I start the process from my terminal, this works fine, the program receives the keyboard interrupt and closes gracefully.



      When I start the process via a .sh script or via another bash process (e.g. bash -c 'nohup python -u main.py > nohup.out 2>&1 &'). (I believe both methods start the process in the same way), the process does not receive the SIGINT when I send it.



      SIGTERM (default kill) works normally and closes the process, but does not let the process close gracefully, but I need.



      What's happening?










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      I am on Ubuntu 16.04.5 LTS (AWS)



      I am creating a python process via this command:
      nohup python -u main.py > nohup.out 2>&1 &



      I would like to send a ctrl-c/SIGINT to the process, so I send kill -2 <pid>.



      When I start the process from my terminal, this works fine, the program receives the keyboard interrupt and closes gracefully.



      When I start the process via a .sh script or via another bash process (e.g. bash -c 'nohup python -u main.py > nohup.out 2>&1 &'). (I believe both methods start the process in the same way), the process does not receive the SIGINT when I send it.



      SIGTERM (default kill) works normally and closes the process, but does not let the process close gracefully, but I need.



      What's happening?







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          No, they're not started in the same way. Since bash is running scripts with the job control turned off, the background mode of the commands started with & from a script is just "faked" by letting them ignore SIGINT and SIGQUIT and redirecting their input from /dev/null.



          See my answer here (with references to the standard describing this).



          In your case this also means the main.py isn't setting any handler for SIGINT in order to do a "graceful" exit, but it's just forcefully killed by a Control-C or kill -2 when run from an interactive shell. If it did set a handler, that handler would've also overridden the SIG_IGN disposition of SIGINT set by the parent shell when run from a script.






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            No, they're not started in the same way. Since bash is running scripts with the job control turned off, the background mode of the commands started with & from a script is just "faked" by letting them ignore SIGINT and SIGQUIT and redirecting their input from /dev/null.



            See my answer here (with references to the standard describing this).



            In your case this also means the main.py isn't setting any handler for SIGINT in order to do a "graceful" exit, but it's just forcefully killed by a Control-C or kill -2 when run from an interactive shell. If it did set a handler, that handler would've also overridden the SIG_IGN disposition of SIGINT set by the parent shell when run from a script.






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              No, they're not started in the same way. Since bash is running scripts with the job control turned off, the background mode of the commands started with & from a script is just "faked" by letting them ignore SIGINT and SIGQUIT and redirecting their input from /dev/null.



              See my answer here (with references to the standard describing this).



              In your case this also means the main.py isn't setting any handler for SIGINT in order to do a "graceful" exit, but it's just forcefully killed by a Control-C or kill -2 when run from an interactive shell. If it did set a handler, that handler would've also overridden the SIG_IGN disposition of SIGINT set by the parent shell when run from a script.






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                No, they're not started in the same way. Since bash is running scripts with the job control turned off, the background mode of the commands started with & from a script is just "faked" by letting them ignore SIGINT and SIGQUIT and redirecting their input from /dev/null.



                See my answer here (with references to the standard describing this).



                In your case this also means the main.py isn't setting any handler for SIGINT in order to do a "graceful" exit, but it's just forcefully killed by a Control-C or kill -2 when run from an interactive shell. If it did set a handler, that handler would've also overridden the SIG_IGN disposition of SIGINT set by the parent shell when run from a script.






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                No, they're not started in the same way. Since bash is running scripts with the job control turned off, the background mode of the commands started with & from a script is just "faked" by letting them ignore SIGINT and SIGQUIT and redirecting their input from /dev/null.



                See my answer here (with references to the standard describing this).



                In your case this also means the main.py isn't setting any handler for SIGINT in order to do a "graceful" exit, but it's just forcefully killed by a Control-C or kill -2 when run from an interactive shell. If it did set a handler, that handler would've also overridden the SIG_IGN disposition of SIGINT set by the parent shell when run from a script.







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