Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site hou3c.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!hou3c!ka From: ka@hou3c.UUCP (Kenneth Almquist) Newsgroups: net.unix Subject: Re: non-blocking read Message-ID: <237@hou3c.UUCP> Date: Mon, 6-Feb-84 14:52:44 EST Article-I.D.: hou3c.237 Posted: Mon Feb 6 14:52:44 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 9-Feb-84 07:20:27 EST References: <964@proper.UUCP> Organization: Bell Labs, Holmdel, NJ Lines: 5 Various versions of UNIX provide a FIONREAD ioctl call which checks for pending input and/or an O_NDELAY flag which can be set by fcntl to provide nonblocking reads. Check your manual to see whether you have either of these. Kenneth Almquist