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From: Zafrir E. Gan
Date: Mon, 03 Aug 1992 07:32

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	I'm writing an interactive server that needs to check for input from
sockets as well as keyboard commands.  The socket part is already done
so what I need is a way to check for input on the keyboard, read it if
it's there but continue with the cycle if it isn't.  Any suggestions?


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Subject: non-blocking input
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