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Article #430Re: Timeouts when reading from a serial port
From: Sean T. Lamont
Date: Tue, 04 Aug 1992 05:36
Date: Tue, 04 Aug 1992 05:36
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In article <71tmbc#.abell@netcom.com> abell@netcom.com (Steven T. Abell) writes: >The read function blocks until it has read enough stuff from the port. >But if there is nothing out there to respond, the application hangs. Look at select(); -- Sean T. Lamont, Abstract Software | "Don't oppress me, It's zeno@u.washington.edu | 'computer of color!' " Next Mail............................... | yang.cpac.washington.edu!zebu!zeno ----------------"My employers opinions are my own, not yours."-----------------
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!usenet.coe.montana.edu!news.u.washington.edu!hardy.u.washington.edu!zeno From: zeno@hardy.u.washington.edu (Sean T. Lamont) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.programmer Subject: Re: Timeouts when reading from a serial port Keywords: timeout serial port Message-ID: <1992Aug4.053605.11463@u.washington.edu> Date: 4 Aug 92 05:36:05 GMT References: <71tmbc#.abell@netcom.com> Sender: news@u.washington.edu (USENET News System) Distribution: na Organization: Abstract Software Lines: 12