From:	Ron AT OrCAD DOT com (Ron Forrester)
Subject:	RE: Select function call
31 Jan 1997 13:49:13 -0800 :
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Someone else may confirm/deny this, but I believe select() is currently
broken when used on different types of handles (i.e. combination of
network and stdin for instance).

rjf

>-----Original Message-----
>From:	Larry Gerhardstein [SMTP:larry AT 3-cities DOT com]
>Sent:	Thursday, January 30, 1997 11:07 PM
>To:	gnu-win32
>Subject:	Select function call
>
>Does the select() function call work in Cygnus?  According to online
>information and FAQ, I am led to believe it should.
>
>A program which I am attempting to port to Cygnus calls select() to
>multiplex standard-in and a network socket.  The network connect, and
>I/O over the socket works.  However, the value returned by select()
>always is -1 and the value in errno is 1 (EPERM), both on NT 3.51 and
>4.0.  I have not tried this on Win95.
>
>On Solaris 2.5.1, I link with libsocket and libnsl.  On Cygnus, I am
>linking without any additional libraries.
>
>-- 
>Larry Gerhardstein -- Kennewick, Washington
>larry AT 3-cities DOT com
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