Carsten Koch wrote: >>> >>> when i think about it, i'd rather do { >>> r = read(...); >>> } while (r >= 0 || ((r < 0) && (errno == EINTR))); >>> >>> b.t.w. doesn't that eat cpu like crazy when O_NONBLOCK is set? >>> >> >> Sure it does. > > > How about putting in a sched_yield() or usleep() call then? > Good idea, thanks. First I'll try what Stefan suggested (ie. is mmap disabled?). -- --- Regards, Martin Cap