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Date:      Sun, 27 Jul 1997 09:58:15 +0200 (MET DST)
From:      Wolfgang Helbig <helbig@MX.BA-Stuttgart.De>
To:        FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   bin/4177: select(2) man page needs update to reflect -current
Message-ID:  <199707270758.JAA03998@helbig.informatik.ba-stuttgart.de>
Resent-Message-ID: <199707270830.BAA23395@hub.freebsd.org>

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>Number:         4177
>Category:       bin
>Synopsis:       select(2) man page needs update to reflect -current
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       critical
>Priority:       high
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Class:          doc-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Sun Jul 27 01:30:01 PDT 1997
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Wolfgang Helbig
>Organization:
>Release:        FreeBSD 3.0-CURRENT i386
>Environment:

	

>Description:

	FD_SETSIZE is currently 1024 not 256 as still advertised in
	the man page.

>How-To-Repeat:

	Compare FD_SETSIZE in man 2 select with /usr/include/sys/types.h

>Fix:
	

Index: select.2
===================================================================
RCS file: /usr/cvsroot/src/lib/libc/sys/select.2,v
retrieving revision 1.7
diff -u -r1.7 select.2
--- select.2	1996/12/09 06:04:03	1.7
+++ select.2	1997/07/27 07:52:47
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@
 .Sh NOTES
 The default size of
 .Dv FD_SETSIZE
-is currently 256.
+is currently 1024.
 In order to accomodate programs which might potentially 
 use a larger number of open files with
 .Fn select
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:



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