RE: Help!! --/dev/ttyS0 input overflow error --

1998-02-27 Thread Walter L. Preuninger II
> Hi everyone, > I wote some code to manage a data aquisition device in the labs. > It runs for a while (say 24 hrs, gathering data every 6 secs [x 50 data > points]) then it crashes, crashes bad (segmentation fault) /dev/ttyS0 > input overflow ... does anyone know what is causing this?? I b

RE: Help!! --/dev/ttyS0 input overflow error --

1998-02-26 Thread Lewis, James M.
I don't know about your first problem... fflush() will flush your stream to the system buffer cache. sync() will cause the buffer cache to be posted to disk. Unless linux crashes, the sync call should not be needed. jim -- From: C.J.LAWSON[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, Fe

Re: Help!! --/dev/ttyS0 input overflow error --

1998-02-26 Thread Ossama Othman
I can't help you with the device problem. However, if you do a: man fflush You will get a manual page of the fflush C function for the particular UNIX or UNIX-like system you are using, presumably and hopefully Debian Linux since you posted to this Debian mailing list. In general, all a