feasibilty of the memset operation on the FILE streams

[vin pane]

your code will not work to flush the previous contents.
okey I want three line code.

main()
{
getchar();
sleep();

eat_stdin(); // flush_stdin --- some code here to remove what user is
going to //press between this delay of 5 secs .including
enter key. she may press anything.

getchar(); // this last getchar should work as we have given a call
to some //keyboard flushing function .
}

My questions is whether a stdin in Linux Line buffered IO or
Unbuffered IO ? If it is some kind of buffering IO, I must able to
write that buffer . I mean to say that the code for memset operations
is the most promissing solution I found. It works what my requirement
is. since memset performs operation on the void pointer why not FILE *
stream ? ultimatly think about the buffering part !

I have found many solutions like setting the mode of the tty to raw &
then start readin , perform select call for SDTIN_FILENO ... I have
done many thing.
I wrote a code of 200 lines just to eat up the stdin !! In cases works
too.

-bye


< Dont want to make any special comment in the EOM like other do...>

 

[Lew Pitcher]

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your code will not work to flush the previous contents.
okey I want three line code.

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I won't comment on the code. You'll get enough comments from the others
here.

My questions is whether a stdin in Linux Line buffered IO or
Unbuffered IO ?

Yes, stdin in linux is linebuffered or unbuffered.
Exactly which way the buffering is handled depends on the operational
environment and is not answerable here. You'll have to ask a Linux
newsgroup for the exact details.

If it is some kind of buffering IO, I must able to
write that buffer .

That, of course, would be the exact wrong thing to do. First off, you
don't know where in the FILE * to write to, and secondly, there are
better, cleaner ways to do what you want to do.

I mean to say that the code for memset operations
is the most promissing solution I found. It works what my requirement
is. since memset performs operation on the void pointer why not FILE *
stream ? ultimatly think about the buffering part !

I have found many solutions like setting the mode of the tty to raw &
then start readin , perform select call for SDTIN_FILENO ... I have
done many thing.

Most of those things will be off-topic here.

I wrote a code of 200 lines just to eat up the stdin !! In cases works
too.

That's way too much code for this problem. You /really/ need to talk to
the folk in comp.os.linux.development.apps


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Lew Pitcher, IT Consultant, Enterprise Data Systems
Enterprise Technology Solutions, TD Bank Financial Group

(Opinions expressed here are my own, not my employer's)
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