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Date:      Fri, 7 Mar 2003 09:35:41 -0600
From:      Mike Meyer <mwm-dated-1047483342.302d15@mired.org>
To:        "J. Seth Henry" <jshenry@comcast.net>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Looking for POSIX programming resources
Message-ID:  <15976.48205.430587.77543@guru.mired.org>
In-Reply-To: <20030306150225.S940-100000@whitetower.gambrl01.md.comcast.net>
References:  <20030306150225.S940-100000@whitetower.gambrl01.md.comcast.net>

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In <20030306150225.S940-100000@whitetower.gambrl01.md.comcast.net>, J. Seth Henry <jshenry@comcast.net> typed:
> Lastly, how can I get data and commands into and out of my program? I
> figure a file interface would be the simplest, and simply check the file
> periodically to see if it has changed. Is there an easier way, or is this
> an accepted method?

That's an accepted method, especially if you're doing other things at
regular intervals anyway. Again, FreeBSD provides kqueue, which will
let you wait on an event instead of poll the file.

	<mike
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