>|Jeff Woods wrote:
>|> Use FCONTROL mode 4 to set a timeout on the FREAD waiting for the user
>|> input.  When the read times out, then you will get a zero length return
>|> which you can interpret as no data input.
>|
>|I *think* you also get FSERR 22 (Software time-out).
>
>Now that you mention it, I think so too.
>
>As I said it's been a few years.  :)

Actually, if the read is directed at a DTC port, you might get a
non-zero return from FREAD.  If the user had typed 'hello' prior to
the read timing out, FREAD will return a length of 5 _and_ CCL ->
FSERR22.  The entered data will be accessable in the buffer passed to
FREAD.  This is a newish feature in MPE terms, introduced I think
about MPE/XL 2.1 or so.

This doesn't work on a read to a VT port, though.

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Randy Medd
Telamon, Inc.