From: tobias@gambas-buch.de (Tobias Boege)
To: kernelnewbies@lists.kernelnewbies.org
Subject: how to flush stdin buffer in linux
Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2013 20:53:44 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20130108195344.GA530@aurora> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAKzXvN-iB=eg694jEvB_poucxZbwArTvT+Ym_O1dPkg5TuL04w@mail.gmail.com>
On Tue, 08 Jan 2013, Niroj Pokhrel wrote:
> Hi all,
> I tried to use fflush(stdin) in gcc as I used to in other compilers. But It
> didn't clear my buffer so I am wondering how can I clear the stdin buffer
> in GCC.
> I tried using lseek but got -EPIPE (as tty devices doesn't support lseek
> operation).
> Thanx in advance.
If it's a tty, you may want to use tcflush(fd, TCIFLUSH);
Regards,
Tobi
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-01-08 19:53 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-01-08 17:20 how to flush stdin buffer in linux Niroj Pokhrel
2013-01-08 17:53 ` richard -rw- weinberger
2013-01-08 19:53 ` Tobias Boege [this message]
2013-01-09 9:20 ` beyond.hack
2013-01-09 23:46 ` richard -rw- weinberger
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