Using SetConsoleCtrlHandler

Hi,

I've a console single threaded application and I'm trying to catch a Ctrl+C. No
matter if I use SetConsoleCtrlHandler or a signal handler, my code to handle
this gets called in another thread. Is there a way to have the handler called
from the main thread?

In the code below, simply comment the call to `signal' or to
`SetConsoleCtrlHandler' to observe the similar behavior. On Unix, using
`signal', it is called from the same thread.

Thanks for any highlight,
Manu

PS: this is shown by the code:

#include <windows.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <signal.h>

BOOL CtrlHandler( DWORD fdwCtrlType )
{
switch( fdwCtrlType ) {
case CTRL_C_EVENT:
printf( "Ctrl-C event\n\n" );
return TRUE;
default:
return FALSE;
}
}

void handler (int sig) {
printf ("From Signal\n");
signal (SIGINT, handler);
}

void main( void )
{
signal (SIGINT, handler);
//SetConsoleCtrlHandler( (PHANDLER_ROUTINE) CtrlHandler, TRUE );

printf("Use Ctrl+C to see what is going on.\n" );
while( 1 ){ }
}
.

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