On Wednesday 23 November 2005 11:21, Joan Picanyol i Puig wrote: > [private reply, I'm 100% unsure I understand what you want] > > * Michael C. Shultz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [20051122 19:58]: > > How do I close then open stdin and keep it set to the same terminal > > as when it was closed? > > ? If it's closed, you've lost your file descriptor. > > > and it works in this instance of the program, but > > if a second instance is started the second instance can't > > close stdin. > > I seems like you want "file descriptor passing". You can pass > fd's over pipes. > > qvb > -- > pica
Here is the solution that finally worked in my case: local_stdin = fopen( "/dev/stdin", "r" ); answer = getc( local_stdin ); if timeout: fclose( local_stdin ); After answer is handled I then just: fclose( local_stdin ); and leave it closed untill needed again I am able to open and close this local_stdin without adversly affecting the global stdin, don't know if it's "the right thing to do" but it works with every test I've thrown at it so far. -Mike _______________________________________________ freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
