peeking into stdin (programing question)

[Nick Estes]

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see termios(3) for setting it to raw mode; specifically the function
cfmakeraw (same man page) is what you're looking for.

	--Nick


On Sat, 8 Jun 2002, John (EBo) David wrote:

> Nick Estes wrote:
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> > Use select or poll (I prefer poll personally, but they both work)
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> ok... this works except I cannot see or read the character until I type
> a CR.  How do I set stdin to be RAW (similar to ncursers cbreak)?
>
> I tried modifying the file descriptor with:
>
>     if (-1 == fcntl(fileno(stdin), F_SETFL, O_NONBLOCK|O_NDELAY)) /* and
> tried it without delay */
>       return 1;
>
> and reopending stdin with:
>
>   in = open ("/dev/stdin", O_RDONLY| O_NONBLOCK | O_NDELAY);
>
> but I'm still unable to get info back until I type a RETURN.
>
>   EBo --
>
>
> > > sorry for the simple programing question.  I've done this before and
> > > spaced how.
> > >
> > > I need to check if there is input in the standard input in both C and
> > > C++.  If there is then processit, otherwise keep on going.
> > >
> > > can someone hit me with a clue stick?
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