Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!alberta!ubc-cs!uw-beaver!mit-eddie!husc6!cmcl2!phri!marob!daveh 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 Lines: 16 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 UUCP: {uunet|...}!masa.com!{dsix2|marob}!daveh DOMAIN: dsix2!daveh@masa.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------