Checking an fd for pending data (sans select(3))

[William Davidsen]

  The name for the procedure which tells you if a key has been pressed
is usually kbhit(), and what you need is fkbhit() I guess. In SysV you
can set the read to timeout with an ioctl. The values to set are in the
control structure. Here's a code fragment (you want to modify it).

	ioctl(0, TCGETA, &otermio);	/* save old settings */
	ntermio.c_iflag = 0;		/* setup new settings */
	ntermio.c_oflag = 0;
	ntermio.c_cflag = otermio.c_cflag;
	ntermio.c_lflag = 0;
	ntermio.c_line = otermio.c_line;
	ntermio.c_cc[VMIN] = 1;
	ntermio.c_cc[VTIME] = 0;
	ioctl(0, TCSETAW, &ntermio);	/* and activate them */

Good luck.
	bill davidsen		(davidsen at crdos1.crd.GE.COM)
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