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From: pete@wlbr.IMSD.CONTEL.COM (Pete Lyall)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os9
Subject: Re: single character read
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Date: 2 Nov 90 21:54:10 GMT
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Reply-To: pete@wlbr.imsd.contel.com.UUCP (Pete Lyall)
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Actually, when using read() buffering shouldn't come into play.

One possibiliy is a _gs_ready loop (no manual here, so this is
approximate):

	while(!_gs_ready(path))
		;			/* do nothing */
	read(path,&charbuf,1);

Pete Lyall

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