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Re: [Help-bash] catching read error conditions

From: Dan Douglas
Subject: Re: [Help-bash] catching read error conditions
Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2013 19:05:01 -0600
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On Monday, January 28, 2013 06:51:52 PM you wrote:
>   /* `read -t 0 var' tests whether input is available with select/FIONREAD,
> ...
> 
> Don't know whether that's worth testing or improves reliability in your
> case.

Oh this is actually documented, nevermind, I missed it clearly earlier. I just 
noticed that note digging for how Bash did the timeout.
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Dan Douglas
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