Subj : SHELL mode and ability to CTRL C
To   : Mewcenary
From : Digital Man
Date : Sat Mar 05 2022 14:46:04

  Re: SHELL mode and ability to CTRL C
  By: Mewcenary to All on Sat Mar 05 2022 08:07 pm

 > Hi there,
 >
 > When using SHELL mode in the Sysop menu, is it possible for CTRL C to be
 > passed through?
 >
 > As an example, I was using SHELL mode to do something like this:
 >
 > $ tail -f /var/log/syslog

Ctrl-C is passed-through. You can see this by running showkey on Linux:

$ showkey -a

Press any keys - Ctrl-D will terminate this program

^C        3 0003 0x03

 > This has the unfortunate consequence of then getting 'stuck' with no way to
 > get back to the BBS, other than hanging up the session and calling back.

Yeah, there's something else at play there. Like, the program is expecting a signal and not actually looking for a Ctrl-C character. So the enhancement you seek in Synchronet is likely the opposite of what you asking for, i.e. don't pass-through the Ctrl-C (in some configurations for some programs) but rather send a signal (SIGINT likely) to the process when the user sends a Ctrl-C character.
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