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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Bash KeyPress (or Read Single Character) Post 302437172 by Ste_Moore01 on Wednesday 14th of July 2010 07:41:30 AM
Old 07-14-2010
Thanks for the quick replies

Franklin52
When I try your method I get the following errors
Code:
./test.sh: read: illegal option: -d
read: usage: read [-r] [-p prompt] [-a array] [-e] [name ...]
./test.sh: printf: illegal option: -v
printf: usage: printf format [arguments]
You have pressed ???

funksen
When I try your method I get the following errors
Code:
unknown mode: cbreak
^[[B
unknown mode: -cbreak

It appears that I don't have the read -d, printf -v and cbreak functions.

Do you know of any other ways to do this?
 

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SYNOPSIS

       resource dba_open (string  $path, string  $mode, [string  $handler], [mixed  $...])

DESCRIPTION

       dba_open(3) establishes a database instance for $path with $mode using $handler.

PARAMETERS

	      o $path
		- Commonly a regular path in your filesystem.

	      o $mode
		-  It is r for read access, w for read/write access to an already existing database, c for read/write access and database creation
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		     +-------------+---------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
		     |already open |		   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
		     |		   |		   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
		     |		   | $mode = "rl"  |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
		     |		   |		   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
		     |		   | $mode = "rlt" |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
		     |		   |		   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
		     |		   | $mode = "wl"  |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
		     |		   |		   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
		     |		   | $mode = "wlt" |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
		     |		   |		   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
		     |		   | $mode = "rd"  |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
		     |		   |		   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
		     |		   | $mode = "rdt" |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
		     |		   |		   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
		     |		   | $mode = "wd"  |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
		     |		   |		   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
		     |		   | $mode = "wdt" |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
		     |		   |		   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
		     +-------------+---------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
		     |	not open   |		   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
		     |		   |		   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
		     |		   |	  ok	   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
		     |		   |		   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
		     |		   |	  ok	   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
		     |		   |		   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
		     |		   |	  ok	   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
		     |		   |		   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
		     |		   |	  ok	   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
		     |		   |		   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
		     |		   |	  ok	   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
		     |		   |		   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
		     |		   |	  ok	   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
		     |		   |		   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
		     |		   |	  ok	   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
		     |		   |		   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
		     |		   |	  ok	   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
		     |		   |		   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
		     |$mode = "rl" |		   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
		     |		   |		   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
		     |		   |	  ok	   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
		     |		   |		   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
		     |		   |	  ok	   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
		     |		   |		   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
		     |		   |	 wait	   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
		     |		   |		   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
		     |		   |	 false	   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
		     |		   |		   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
		     |		   |	illegal    |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
		     |		   |		   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
		     |		   |	illegal    |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
		     |		   |		   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
		     |		   |	illegal    |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
		     |		   |		   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
		     |		   |	illegal    |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
		     |		   |		   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
		     |$mode = "wl" |		   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
		     |		   |		   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
		     |		   |	 wait	   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
		     |		   |		   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
		     |		   |	 false	   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
		     |		   |		   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
		     |		   |	 wait	   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
		     |		   |		   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
		     |		   |	 false	   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
		     |		   |		   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
		     |		   |	illegal    |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
		     |		   |		   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
		     |		   |	illegal    |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
		     |		   |		   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
		     |		   |	illegal    |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
		     |		   |		   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
		     |		   |	illegal    |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
		     |		   |		   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
		     |$mode = "rd" |		   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
		     |		   |		   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
		     |		   |	illegal    |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
		     |		   |		   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
		     |		   |	illegal    |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
		     |		   |		   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
		     |		   |	illegal    |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
		     |		   |		   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
		     |		   |	illegal    |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
		     |		   |		   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
		     |		   |	  ok	   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
		     |		   |		   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
		     |		   |	  ok	   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
		     |		   |		   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
		     |		   |	 wait	   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
		     |		   |		   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
		     |		   |	 false	   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
		     |		   |		   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
		     |$mode = "wd" |		   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
		     |		   |		   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
		     |		   |	illegal    |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
		     |		   |		   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
		     |		   |	illegal    |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
		     |		   |		   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
		     |		   |	illegal    |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
		     |		   |		   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
		     |		   |	illegal    |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
		     |		   |		   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
		     |		   |	 wait	   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
		     |		   |		   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
		     |		   |	 false	   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
		     |		   |		   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
		     |		   |	 wait	   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
		     |		   |		   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
		     |		   |	 false	   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
		     |		   |		   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
		     +-------------+---------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
			    ook: the second call will be successfull.

			    owait: the second call waits until dba_close(3) is called for the first.

			    ofalse: the second call returns false.

			    oillegal: you must not mix
			      "l" and "d" modifiers for $mode parameter.

	      o $handler
		-  The	name of the handler which shall be used for accessing $path. It is passed all optional parameters given to dba_open(3) and
		can act on behalf of them.

RETURN VALUES

	Returns a positive handle on success or FALSE on failure.

CHANGELOG

       +--------+---------------------------------------------------+
       |Version |						    |
       |	|						    |
       |	|		     Description		    |
       |	|						    |
       +--------+---------------------------------------------------+
       | 4.3.0	|						    |
       |	|						    |
       |	|  It's possible to open database files  over  net- |
       |	| work	connection.  However in cases a socket con- |
       |	| nection will be used (as with http  or  ftp)	the |
       |	| connection will be locked instead of the resource |
       |	| itself. This is important to know since  in  such |
       |	| cases  locking  is simply ignored on the resource |
       |	| and other solutions have to be found. 	    |
       |	|						    |
       +--------+---------------------------------------------------+
SEE ALSO

       dba_popen(3), dba_close(3).

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