From: Steve Charters <charters AT ferndown DOT tt DOT slb DOT com>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Blocking Read Problem with DJGPP
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 1998 09:22:42 +0100
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Hi,

Can anyone help me with this. 

I have a program which reads and write to the serial port. The reads and
writes should be non-blocking, so I use

    fd = open(name, O_RDWR | O_NONBLOCK);

Under UNIX on a Sun Sparc compiled with gcc this works fine but when I 
ported to PC with DJGPP and using COM2 I find that the reads block, and my
utility hangs.

Anyone got any ideas why this is and a possible work around.

Thanks,

Steve

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