Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1998 13:56:02 -0700 (PDT) From: Archie Cobbs <archie@whistle.com> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: docs/7666: man page addition request Message-ID: <199808182056.NAA16531@bubba.whistle.com>
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>Number: 7666 >Category: docs >Synopsis: man page addition request >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-doc >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: doc-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Tue Aug 18 14:00:00 PDT 1998 >Last-Modified: >Originator: Archie Cobbs >Organization: Whistle Communications, Inc. >Release: FreeBSD 2.2.6-RELEASE i386 >Environment: >Description: The select(2) man page doesn't describe what an "exceptional condition" is. >How-To-Repeat: man 2 select >Fix: Index: select.2 =================================================================== RCS file: /cvs/freebsd/src/lib/libc/sys/select.2,v retrieving revision 1.10 diff -c -u -r1.10 select.2 --- select.2 1998/06/04 21:05:46 1.10 +++ select.2 1998/08/18 20:55:54 @@ -57,6 +57,8 @@ to see if some of their descriptors are ready for reading, are ready for writing, or have an exceptional condition pending, respectively. +The only exceptional condition detectable is out-of-band +data received on a socket. The first .Fa nfds descriptors are checked in each set; >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
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