Acquiring System Signals Like SIGTERM in LabVIEW

[SteveBall]

I have a simple application running in a Linux environment.  I would like to communicate with the process using Unix signals:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unix_signal

There is a knowledgebase article here from LabVIEW 7.1 that uses C interface nodes:

http://digital.ni.com/public.nsf/allkb/C2470DFFFC71D47F86256F70005891C6 

I am using a newer version of LabVIEW that does not have support for C interface nodes; is there an updated library or method to use Unix signals in a LabVIEW application?

Thank you,

Steve

[G-IV]

Hi Steve,

What version of LabVIEW are you using?

[SteveBall]

LabVIEW for Linux 2013

[Sam_Sharp]

The replacement for CIN is the 'Call Library Function' node: https://www.ni.com/docs/en-US/bundle/labview/page/configuring-the-call-library-function-node.html

It can call libraries written in different languages (e.g. from a .dll / .so file and system functions).

You should be able to configure the call library function node to call the same functions as per the example you found for the CIN node.

[SteveBall]

Yes, a call library function node would do the trick.  

Is there an updated version of the methods from the page I linked or a community version?  

[Sam_Sharp]

Unfortunately that's kind of where my knowledge runs out - I'm not that well experienced in Linux but I had kind of assumed there would be a system library (.so?) that you can call to interface with the system signals - if so, then it's down to how the functions are implemented in the library that determines how to set up / configure the Call Library Function node.

If not, maybe you can compile the source code from the link in your first post to generate the library file?

[SteveBall · Accepted solution]

Thanks Sam, I'll spend a little time building a .so to try this out when I circle back to this project.