Using boost::asio::async_read with stdin?

Question

short question: I have a realtime-simulation which is running as a backround process and is connected with pipes to the calling pogramm. I want to send commands to that process using stdin to get certain information from it via stdout. Now because it is a real-time process, it has to be a non blocking input. Is boost::asio::async_read in conjunction with iostream::cin a good idea for this task? how would I use that function if it is feasible? Any more suggestions?

Answer 1

Look at boost::asio::posix::stream_descriptor

http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/release/doc/html/boost_asio/example/cpp03/chat/posix_chat_client.cpp