# Termination of my ruby apps leads to error

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/termination-of-my-ruby-apps-leads-to-error/125926>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [January 13, 2008, 9:40pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/termination-of-my-ruby-apps-leads-to-error/125926 "2008-01-13T21:40:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![Junkone](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/e274bd/32.png) [@Junkone](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Junkone)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2008, 9:40pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/termination-of-my-ruby-apps-leads-to-error/125926/1 "2008-01-13T21:40:21Z")

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I always get a error like this when i press Ctrl C to terminate my  
program. Is there a better way to terminate a prob.

? Error in my\_thread\_global\_end(): 1 threads didn’t exit

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**Author:** ![Junkone](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/e274bd/32.png) [@Junkone](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Junkone)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2008, 1:34pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/termination-of-my-ruby-apps-leads-to-error/125926/2 "2008-05-13T13:34:41Z")

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If I am not mistaken it’s the SIGINT handler that produces the trace  
(assuming  
you use a posix system):

Try:

Signal::trap(‘INT’) do

# terminate and wait for your threads

exit  
end

…on windows you might have to catch the ‘EXIT’ signal instead… (?)

martin