Re: How to properly end a C program using stdio with F3

I usually use SysReq (mapped to shift-esc for me) + 2 (End previous
request).  Inelegant and a brute-force way to end a program, but it does
work.

On Wed, Jan 29, 2020 at 12:37 PM Patrik Schindler <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I have ported a self-written C program to my AS/400 (yes, AS/400,
> 9401-150, running V4R5). The program is looping over recvfrom() to receive
> data from an UDP socket. If data is received, the program outputs parsed
> data via printf() to stdout for debugging purposes. In practice, the number
> of packets received is less than five per second. Runs fine, does stuff
> like expected. So far so good.
>
> I can't end this program with F3 in the "fake terminal". The keyboard gets
> locked (like the AS/400 does when it's busy) and thus doesn't accept any
> keys. Even pressing reset and immediately F3 yields no program ending: The
> keyboard gets locked again.
>
> I read the two Unix porting guides:
> - UNIX C Applications Porting to AS/400 Companion Guide.pdf
> - UNIX C Applications Porting to AS/400.pdf
>
> But I haven't found any mentioning how to handle a similar situation. I
> also browsed through the ILE C/C++ Programmer's Guide.pdf, with also no
> helpful findings.
>
> May I kindly ask for advice? Thanks!
>
> :wq! PoC
>
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