Making Ctrl+C termination cancel the context.Context

term_context.go

func main() {

	ctx := context.Background()

	// trap Ctrl+C and call cancel on the context
	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(ctx)
	c := make(chan os.Signal, 1)
	signal.Notify(c, os.Interrupt)
	defer func() {
		signal.Stop(c)
		cancel()
	}()
	go func() {
		select {
		case <-c:
			cancel()
		case <-ctx.Done():
		}
	}()
	
	doSomethingAwesome(ctx)

}