Re^3: Ask for STDIN but don't pause for it

[zentara]

in reply to Re^2: Ask for STDIN but don't pause for it
in thread Ask for STDIN but don't pause for it

Works here. Are you hitting Enter to finish the line input? Otherwise use sysread.

$ ./928062.pl
Fri Sep 30 06:56:53 2011
Fri Sep 30 06:56:58 2011
asdfasfsad
GLOB(0x7afe00)
got: asdfasfsad
Fri Sep 30 06:57:02 2011
^C

[Anonymous Monk]

same problem sysread doesn't solve. It seems a matter of not blocking can_read. Did you manage to have it working?

[Anonymous Monk]

It works on Linux, it doesn't on Windows XP. Do you know why? thank you

[Anonymous Monk]

Because cmd.exe is not bash, or csh, or ..... there is a reason abstractions such as Curses/Term::Readline::Gnu were invented