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From: jap@convex.cl.msu.edu (Joe Porkka)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.programmer
Subject: Re: WaitIO which waits also on CTRL-C wanted
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Date: 9 Apr 91 22:15:40 GMT
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hessmann@r2d2.fmi.uni-passau.de (Georg Hessmann) writes:

>Hi,

>Has someone written a WaitIO function, which waits on the
>IO *and* on CTRL-C ?

Nope it aint possible.
However, you can use Wait(), the much more general function.

    #include <libraries/dos.h> /* Perhaps dosextens too */
    mask = SIGBREAKF_CTRL_C | (1 << mymsgport->mp_SigBit);

    bits = Wait(mask);
    if(bits & SIGBREAKF_CTRL_C) {
	handle ctrl c
    }


    Where mymsgport is the port that you are expecting your
    IO message to come back on.


    Generally, the only time I use WaitIO is for:
	AbortIO(foo);
	WaitIO(foo);