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From: jim@applix.UUCP (Jim Morton)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix
Subject: Re: select() call (was Load Average)
Summary: select() call
Message-ID: <986@applix.UUCP>
Date: 30 Jun 89 13:57:05 GMT
References: <745@crdgw1.crd.ge.com> <411@accsys.UUCP> <1154@qtnet.UUCP>
Organization: APPLiX Inc., Westboro MA
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> >SCO: Thanks for fixing the select() call bug from 2.3.1 to 2.3.2 !
> ... that the select() call was now supported, I thought I'd investigate..
> The first thing I noticed was a total lack of mention of it in the
> documentation (or am I missing something?).
> ... aid of the manuals wrote a test program to poll a couple of fifo's.
> This worked fine! Okay, move the code to the Xenix box and try to run
> it there... No way will it work!
  
The select() call is documented in the 2.3 select(S) manual page, and
the code is in the libc library. Also, I just found out yesterday that to 
have select() work on FIFOS you need to get SLS fix #xnx141, which just 
got submitted. I believe this fix requires Xenix 2.3.2.
--
Jim Morton, APPLiX Inc., Westboro, MA
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