Re: [gpsd-dev] Minimum working example for libgps

[Gary E. Miller]

Yo David!

On Sun, 5 Nov 2017 13:38:39 +0800
David Huichen Dai <address@hidden> wrote:

> So how do I get the coordinate once a second? Put a sleep(1) in the
> loop?

No, you don't wait, you just poll the gpsd socket.

> And for the problem that gpsd starts automatically, I think I will
> kill the gpsd process, and restart it with the -n option. Is this OK?

Prolly not good to fight what your Distro is trying to do.  Fix it
right.  Either fix your distro's startup script, or write your own.

> > Nah, the OS buffers the socket for you.  Just poll the gpsd
> > interface in you main loop.
> >  
> Here is the question, I dont have a main loop in my code, and I dont
> need to have it.

I see no way around a main loop.  You need to keep polling gpsd.

> Again, some example code from a real project is very much appreciated.

Look at the gpsd code.  Look at cgps, xgps, etc.



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