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LinkInterrupt

LinkInterrupt[link]
sends an interrupt to the program at the other end of the specified MathLink connection.

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  • link must be an active LinkObject, as returned by functions such as LinkLaunch or Links.
  • It is up to the external program to determine how it will handle the interrupt.
  • External programs created from MathLink templates will by default set the global variable if they receive an abort.

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Launch a subsidiary Mathematica kernel process:

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Read the first packet:

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Send an infinite loop program:

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Use LinkReadyQ to check whether the program has finished:

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Send an interrupt:

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The process has stopped with an interrupt menu:

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Close the link:

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