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From: maart@cs.vu.nl (Maarten Litmaath)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: How can I read keyboard without stopping
Keywords: curses keyboard
Message-ID: <1202@tjalk.cs.vu.nl>
Date: 19 Aug 88 01:55:52 GMT
References: <813@ms3.UUCP> <1246@mcgill-vision.UUCP>
Reply-To: maart@cs.vu.nl ()
Organization: V.U. Informatica, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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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.
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