# Ctrl + C - Running in background

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ctrl-c-running-in-background/97932>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [July 11, 2006, 3:46pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ctrl-c-running-in-background/97932 "2006-07-11T15:46:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![judofyr](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/90ced4/32.png) [@judofyr](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/judofyr)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2006, 3:46pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ctrl-c-running-in-background/97932/1 "2006-07-11T15:46:27Z")

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Hi, i got two questions:

1: I want my program to exit when I press ctrl + c. How can I do this?

2: I want another program to run in the background. Possible?

Thank you!!

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**Author:** ![judofyr](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/90ced4/32.png) [@judofyr](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/judofyr)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2006, 9:20pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ctrl-c-running-in-background/97932/2 "2006-07-11T21:20:55Z")

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I believe Ctrl + C is  
trap(“INT”){ exit }  
To run another program in the background, umm something to do with `bg`  
and  
Ctrl + Z, I’m not sure about that.

j`ey  
[http://www.eachmapinject.com](http://www.eachmapinject.com)