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in thread Getting the source of a signal
POSIX sigaction might give you access to the pid, BUT the docs say it's not often implemented
sigaction Detailed signal management. This uses POSIX::SigAction objects for + the action and oldaction arguments (the oldaction can also be just a + hash reference). Consult your system's sigaction manpage for details +, see also POSIX::SigRt. ... The following are also defined by POSIX/SUSv3, but unfortunately not v +ery widely implemented: pid the process id generating the signal uid the uid of the process id generating the signal status exit value or signal for SIGCHLD band band event for SIGPOLL
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