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From: avalon@phoenix.pub.uu.oz.au (Darren Reed)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: exceptfds in select(2) call
Message-ID: <1990Dec21.135156.28118@phoenix.pub.uu.oz.au>
Date: 21 Dec 90 13:51:56 GMT
Organization: Phoenix ComSystem. Public UNIX Melbourne Australia.
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does anyone know what the exceptfds parameters in the select(2) call are
used for ?  the readfds and writefds are fairly self explanatory, but
I've never seen any source code the uses exceptfds in any useful way
(usually represented by a null pointer of some kind).

thanks in advance,

-avalon