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How do I make a system() exit on control-C?

You can't. You need to imitate the system() call (see the perlipc manpage for sample code) and then have a signal handler for the INT signal that passes the signal on to the subprocess.

Source: Perl FAQ: System Interaction
Copyright: Copyright (c) 1997 Tom Christiansen and Nathan Torkington.

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