How to use select() to read input from keyboard in C

Question

I am trying to use select() to read keyboard input and I got stuck in that I do not know how to read from keyboard and use a file descriptor to do so. I\'ve been told to use

Answer 1

Perhaps, you want the way to peek keyboard input on "WINDOWS"? On windows, it can't get result from select() for STDIN. You should use PeekConsoleInput(). And use handle of stdin like following.

hStdin = CreateFile("CONIN$", GENERIC_READ|GENERIC_WRITE, ...

stdin may become pipe input. if so, you don't get any keyboard input.

P.S. If you don't ask about Windows, Sorry much.