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From: andy@cbmvax.commodore.com (Andy Finkel)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.programmer,comp.sys.amiga.tech
Subject: Re: Another try.  What's wrong with this open?
Message-ID: <17494@cbmvax.commodore.com>
Date: 13 Jan 91 03:20:51 GMT
References: <marko.2568@sinanju.UUCP>
Reply-To: andy@cbmvax.commodore.com (Andy Finkel)
Organization: Commodore, West Chester, PA
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In article <marko.2568@sinanju.UUCP> marko@sinanju.UUCP (Mark Moore) writes:
>Forgot to change some things when I pulled the example out of
>my application. Sorry.
>
>Why won't this Open work.  MODE_OLDFILE works, but then WaitForChar
>doesn't work with the resulting FileHandle.
>
>Please send mail.  I don't get these groups on my home machine.
>
>------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>#include <libraries/dos.h>
>#include <libraries/dosextens.h>
>
>extern struct FileHandle *Open();
>
>main()
>{
>
>  struct FileHandle *fd;
>
>  if (fd = Open("SER:", MODE_READWRITE))
>    Close(fd);
>  else
>    printf("Failed! As usual.\n  ");
>
>}


IF you're doing single character I/O you need to use the AUX: handler,
rather than the SER: handler.  AUX: supports WaitForChar().

You may have to mount it before using, depending on your startup-sequence.

>| Mark Moore                           | "Well, what about Captain Zero?"     |

			andy
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