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From: daveh@marob.MASA.COM (Dave Hammond)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: How can I read keyboard without stopping
Keywords: curses keyboard
Message-ID: <373@marob.MASA.COM>
Date: 22 Aug 88 01:29:25 GMT
References: <813@ms3.UUCP> <1246@mcgill-vision.UUCP> <1202@tjalk.cs.vu.nl>
Reply-To: daveh@marob.masa.com (Dave Hammond)
Organization: ESCC  New York City
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In article <1202@tjalk.cs.vu.nl> maart@cs.vu.nl () writes:
>In article <1246@mcgill-vision.UUCP> mouse@mcgill-vision.UUCP (der Mouse) writes:
>\		- generally, non-blocking mode *must* be turned off or
>\		  the shell will die - so you must trap SIGBUS,
>\		  SIGSEGV, SIGINT, etc.
>Are you saying that the shell will die if a CHILD sets the non-blocking mode?
>I guess your operating system isn't Unix.

Mine is (Unix), and yes, the shell dies if a child dies with the terminal in
non-blocking mode -- every time.  At least sh and ksh do; I don't know 'bout csh
but I suspect the same is true.

Dave Hammond
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