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recognized 'normal' (-1) as variant normal
WinBoard 4.2.7 + ChessAITest.exe
Reset(1, 0) from gameMode 0
recognized 'normal' (-1) as variant normal
GameEnds(0, (null), 2)
StartChildProcess (dir="") ChessAITest.exe
610 >first : xboard
protover 2
Fatal Error: Error writing to first chess program:
Closing pipe.

Fatal Error: Error: first chess program (ChessAITest.exe) exited unexpectedly
GameEnds(0, (null), 2)
1641 >first : force
1641 >first : quit

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setbuf(stdout, NULL);
setbuf(stdin, NULL);

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char buf[80];
while(1) {
    scanf("%s", buf);
    printf("%s", buf);
    fflush(stdout);
}


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void ReadLine(char* buff)
{
   int c = 0;
   int cnt = 0;

   while (c != '\n')
   {
      c = getch();

      buff[cnt++] = (char)c;
   }

   buff[--cnt] = NULL;
}

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void winBoardLoop()
{
   setbuf(stdout, NULL);
   setbuf(stdin, NULL);
   
   char cmd[256];
   memset(cmd, 0, 256);

   while (true)
   {
      ReadLine(cmd);

      if (!strcmp(cmd, "new"))
      {
// and so on ...

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scanf("%s\n", cmd);