[PLUG] Bash 'trap' command doesnt execute on SIGUSR1

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On Tue, Feb 8, 2011 at 1:31 AM, Manas Alekar <manas_alekar at yahoo.com> wrote:
>> In the following bash code snippet; my main aim is to throw a string
>>'Unhandled exception occurred' using trap command.
>
> Trap is a mechanism for signal handling. You cannot do exception handling with
> trap.  Reading: man 7 signal.
>
> Manas
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If I am correct that is only "part"ly true.

in phraseology of computing and hardware... trap is associated with
highest priority non maskable interrupt...

but that again may be a "part" truth :-)

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