C program to perform an operation continuously until user presses a key

ananth86coolguy · 03-13-2009, 02:04 AM

hi

em writing a program , where i need to call the ioctl() function continuosly until user presses a key.i tried all possibilities but could'nt figure out.

thanks in advance!!!
ananth

bhaslinux · 03-13-2009, 04:42 AM

use ncurses function wgetch/mvwgetch
this will return when you just press a key (no need to press enter)

xc1024 · 03-13-2009, 07:59 AM

it is the long time since i wrote programs, so i may be not correct. you can try to make 2 threads - one for ioctl(), second for checking for keypress. if the key is pressed, keypress thread stops the ioctl() thread.

ananth86coolguy · 03-13-2009, 09:29 AM

hey thanks a lot for your suggestion.em using kernel threads !!!

ananth86coolguy · 03-13-2009, 09:59 AM

hey thanks man.i read abt the ncurses's mvgetch(y,x) macro yo mentioned. can you temme how should i use this function??em not clear abt this. .