From: Thomas Demmer Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp Subject: Re: Doh! Winsock stuff (again) Date: Fri, 17 Oct 1997 11:02:15 +0200 Organization: Lehrstuhl fuer Stroemungsmechanik Lines: 33 Message-ID: <34472997.39F2D501@LSTM.Ruhr-UNI-Bochum.De> References: <34455384 DOT EA2AB6E9 AT add-inc DOT com> NNTP-Posting-Host: c64.lstm.ruhr-uni-bochum.de Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp Precedence: bulk Arnold, Josh wrote: > > Sorry bout that last message, thought I was clicking the button to get > mail, not send it. Anyway, I need access to the Windows connection. > I've found WSock, however, as best as I can tell it doesn't use any > standard API and there isn't any documentation with it which makes it > kindof a pain. I also found libsocket, which apparently builds upon > WSock, but he says that select() doesn't work and I need it. Does > anyone know of any other alternatives? All I really want is a basic BSD > sockets interface, but anything with documentation would be nice. > Thanks. Does he write _why_ select() does not work? And when? there was a version in libc that actually didn't work at all. But that was fixed in 2.01, so if this is the reason, you might be lucky. Try a grep __FSE no the sources, if you find something, the chances are good. -- Ciao Tom ************************************************************* * Thomas Demmer * * Lehrstuhl fuer Stroemungsmechanik * * Ruhr-Uni-Bochum * * Universitaetsstr. 150 * * D-44780 Bochum * * Tel: +49 234 700 6434 * * Fax: +49 234 709 4162 * * http://www.lstm.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/~demmer * *************************************************************