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From: pete <pfiland@mindspring.com>
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pete wrote:
 
> void
> loop(void)
> {
>     int rc;
>     char *command = NULL;
>     size_t n = 0;
> 
>     do {
>         printf("Enter> ");
>         rc = read_line(&command, &n, stdin, NULL);
>     } while (rc > -1 && strcmp(command, "exit"));
>     free(command);
> }

/* 
** Instead, that should be: 
*/

void 
loop(void)
{
    int rc;
    char *command = NULL;
    size_t n = 0;

    do {
        printf("Enter> ");
        fflush(stdout);
        rc = read_line(&command, &n, stdin, NULL);
    } while (rc > 0 && strcmp(command, "exit"));
    free(command);
}

-- 
pete