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From: vjs@rhyolite.wpd.sgi.com (Vernon Schryver)
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Subject: Re: Timeout on serial port read
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Date: 5 May 90 17:29:14 GMT
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The VTIME parameter is in units of tenths of seconds, not seconds.

The FIONBIO ioctl works on IRIX TTY's, to give "non-block" I/O.

Using select(2) is almost certainly the best solution.



Vernon Schryver
vjs@sgi.com