[fpc-pascal] (Unix) serial port handling

[greim]

Hi Mark,

> Can anybody say whether there is a good reason that serial.pp lacks a
> function to read the CD signal?
>
i would recommend the synaser library, more sophisticated then the serial.pp

http://www.ararat.cz/synapse/doku.php/download

there is a function getCarrier, i guess this is what you need.

If you are working on a ARM system you have to modify some lines in 
synaser. Please check my previous messages.

> Is SerFlush, which calls fpfsync, intended to discard input data, output
> data or both?
>
don't know in serial.pp

In synaser AFAIK on Linux only the transmit buffers,  on Windows RX and TX



Mit freundlichen Grüßen

Markus Greim