To which devices does select apply?

Aryeh M. Weiss aryeh at eddie.mit.edu
Sat Jun 2 23:42:31 AEST 1990


What devices does select apply?  I know select() is designed to be used with
serial and event devices, but does it apply to pipes or ordinary files?  
Under SCO Xenix V/386 R2.3.2 select() *always* indicates data is available
from a pipe, including empty pipes.  Is there a standard for select()'s 
behavior on pipes?

-- 



More information about the Comp.unix.xenix mailing list