How can I read keyboard without stopping

[Maarten Litmaath]

In article <1246 at mcgill-vision.UUCP> mouse at mcgill-vision.UUCP (der Mouse) writes:
\		- generally, non-blocking mode *must* be turned off or
\		  the shell will die - so you must trap SIGBUS,
\		  SIGSEGV, SIGINT, etc.

Are you saying that the shell will die if a CHILD sets the non-blocking mode?
I guess your operating system isn't Unix.
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