Lpc2000

ocnek1 wrote:

>Yes, I am using the newlib com functions.  com2 to be exact. 
>Following through the code I now realized that I was already using the
>"polled" functions and not the interrupt.  Putting in some test code,
>it seems to get stuck in the "gets()" function (Does not return)
>
>Now would / does the gets() function endlessly wait until it gets a
>character or should it return if there is nothing to get.
>
>I would assume that it would return no matter what, and that kind of
>leaves a sinking feeling that there may be something wrong with newlib.
>
>  
>
gets() is line oriented (EOL), getc() is char oriented (one at a time).  
Try "man gets" and "man getc", if you are on a linux box.  On cygwin, YMMV.

TomW

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