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by **Brian Pon** » Thu, 18 Jan 2001 08:38:16

Here's what I need to do
1) open the serial device
2) start reading from it.
3) execute some commands if no data comes through for 30 seconds.

The first 2 I got. How do I do #3 ?
The OS is Linux.

Thanks,
Brian Pontz

by **Derek M. Fly** » Thu, 18 Jan 2001 08:45:45

> Here's what I need to do
> 1) open the serial device
> 2) start reading from it.
> 3) execute some commands if no data comes through for 30 seconds.

> The first 2 I got. How do I do #3 ?
> The OS is Linux.

Use poll or select before you read.

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timing out when reading from a serial device

timing out when reading from a serial device

timing out when reading from a serial device