sink.c

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/*
 * sink.c
 *
 *      Accept console input (or rather, stdin) and throw it away.
 *
 * This should work once the basic system calls are complete.
 */

#include <unistd.h>
#include <err.h>

int
main(void)
{
        char ch=0;
        int r;

        while (ch!='q') {
                r = read(STDIN_FILENO, &ch, 1);
                if (r<0) {
                        err(1, "stdin");
                }
                if (r==0) {
                        /* EOF */
                        break;
                }
        }

        return 0;
}