On Tuesday 22 November 2005 10:50, Michael C. Shultz wrote: > How do I close then open stdin and keep it set to the same terminal > as when it was closed? Everything I've tried so far has met with failure > accept this works sort of and I don't get why: > > signal( SIGALRM, MGPMrTimer ); > alarm( 300 ); /* time out in 5 minutes */ > answer = getc(stdin); > > the signal handler just closes descriptor 0 if a timeout occrs: > > close( 0 ) > > > then to reset stdin I tried this: > > stdinFileDescriptor = open( "/dev/tty", O_RDWR ) ) > stdin = fdopen( stdinFileDescriptor, "r" ); > > and it works in this instance of the program, but > if a second instance is started the second instance can't > close stdin. > > I got the above idea from google, what I don't understand though > is there is no /dev/tty! So anyone have any suggested books > I might read or tips so I can learn how to do this right, and understand > why it works? > > Thank you, > > Mike
Please disregard the previous post, I figured it out, simple solution. -Mike _______________________________________________ freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
