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From: bww@uswat.UUCP (Brian Walsh)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.programmer
Subject: Sys V msg q's: Input during blocking read?
Keywords: message queues system V
Message-ID: <12729@uswat.UUCP>
Date: 8 Nov 90 22:19:50 GMT
Organization: U S WEST
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We would like to have a process do a blocking wait on a System V, Release 3,
message queue, but be able to terminate the wait on an ESC (or similar)
character from the keyboard.

We thought of a kludgy way, i.e., to have one process waiting on the message
queue and a second process signal the first when it receives keyboard input.
Are there better solutions?  (We know how to do it in DOS. :-)

Please email responses to me at address given below.

Brian Walsh
bww@uswat.uswest.com