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From: SATAM@ecs.umass.edu
Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix
Subject: Re: getc help needed
Message-ID: <214@ecs.umass.edu>
Date: 30 Sep 89 18:49:26 GMT
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Read without wait.
 you can try read with NO_DELAY flag. the exact constant
is given in .
The read call will return -1 if there is no character in the
buffer. Also take care to open the port in raw mode. Otherwise,
the mysterious four character buffering will be a headache.

- K G Satam 
email "satam@ecs.umass.edu"