# send_ctrlc
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A cross platform crate for sending ctrl-c to child processes
## Install
```shell
cargo add send_ctrlc
# Or for async/tokio:
cargo add send_ctrlc -F tokio
```
## Features
* Cross platform (including Windows)
* Uniform cross platform API
* Both sync and async
* Only 2 unsafe calls
* Minimal dependencies:
* Synchronous: `libc` on unix, and `windows-sys` on windows
* Asynchronous: `tokio` (with only `process` feature)
## Examples
```rust
use send_ctrlc::{Interruptible as _, InterruptibleCommand as _};
// Synchronous...
#[cfg(not(feature = "tokio"))]
fn main() {
// Create a continuous ping standard command
let mut command = std::process::Command::new("ping");
#[cfg(windows)]
command.arg("-t");
command.arg("127.0.0.1");
// Spawn the ping, interrupt it, and wait for it to complete
let mut child = command.spawn_interruptible().unwrap();
child.interrupt().unwrap();
child.wait().unwrap();
}
// or asynchronous...
#[cfg(feature = "tokio")]
#[tokio::main]
async fn main() {
// Create a continuous ping standard command
let mut command = tokio::process::Command::new("ping");
#[cfg(windows)]
command.arg("-t");
command.arg("127.0.0.1");
// Spawn the ping, interrupt it, and wait for it to complete
let mut child = command.spawn_interruptible().unwrap();
child.interrupt().unwrap();
child.wait().await.unwrap();
}
```
## Contributions
Contributions are welcome as long they align with the vision for this crate.