Re: Handling Devices with GIO

["Alexander Jones" <alex weej com>]

http://library.gnome.org/devel/gio/stable/streaming.html

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2008/8/18 Diego Jacobi <jacobidiego gmail com>:
> Hi.
>
> Is it possible to handle the serial/parallel/tty/etc device files with GIO?
>
>
> I am writing a code for a Project in my Uni which only needs to chat
> with another computer through the Serial Port.
>
> In my Uni linux is not very popular, instead they ask for programs for
> DOS. Thats why i want to make something useful and make it under
> linux.
>
> The program have to wait for keypresses or serial port input. When a
> keypress ocurs it haves to send the data through the configurable
> serial interface, and when data is incomming, it haves to just print
> it out. This should look like a chat and should be testable with a
> null modem.
>
> After tons of hours reading lots of howtos, i have a code working in C
> with the kernel rutines and polling with "select" on /dev/tty and
> /dev/ttyS0.
> It gets in a very intricated code for a very simple task, so i wonder
> if GIO can handle such tasks.
>
> Cheers.
> Diego
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