package sbt object Signals { def withHandler[T](handler: () => Unit)(action: () => T): T = { val result = try { val signals = new Signals0 signals.withHandler(handler)(action) } catch { case e: LinkageError => Right(action()) } result match { case Left(e) => throw e case Right(v) => v } } } // Must only be referenced using a // try { } catch { case e: LinkageError => ... } // block to private final class Signals0 { // returns a LinkageError in `action` as Left(t) in order to avoid it being // incorrectly swallowed as missing Signal/SignalHandler def withHandler[T](handler: () => Unit)(action: () => T): Either[Throwable, T] = { import sun.misc.{Signal,SignalHandler} val intSignal = new Signal("INT") val newHandler = new SignalHandler { def handle(sig: Signal) { handler() } } val oldHandler = Signal.handle(intSignal, newHandler) try Right(action()) catch { case e: LinkageError => Left(e) } finally Signal.handle(intSignal, oldHandler) } }