import os
import signal
import traceback

def sigquit_handler(*args):
    print(args)

signal.signal(signal.SIGQUIT, sigquit_handler)

r, w = os.pipe()

read_file = os.fdopen(r, 'r')

print('Writing %d bytes' % os.write(w, b'spamham'))

print('Reading 20 bytes... interrupt me with SIGQUIT (^\)')
try:
    print('Read %d bytes using file.read' % len(read_file.read(20)))
except IOError as e:
    traceback.print_exc()

print('Reading any remaining bytes...')
print('reading: %r' % os.read(r, 4096))