1 /* Waiting for Input or Output
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22 #include <sys/types.h>
28 input_timeout (int filedes
, unsigned int seconds
)
31 struct timeval timeout
;
34 /* Initialize the file descriptor set. */
36 FD_SET (filedes
, &set
);
38 /* Initialize the timeout data structure. */
39 timeout
.tv_sec
= seconds
;
43 /* @code{select} returns 0 if timeout, 1 if input available, -1 if error. */
44 return TEMP_FAILURE_RETRY (select (FD_SETSIZE
,
54 fprintf (stderr
, "select returned %d.\n",
55 input_timeout (STDIN_FILENO
, 5));