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From: -Vince- <vince@apollo.COSC.GOV>
To: Joerg Wunsch <joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de>
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        Yog Sothoth <death@apollo.COSC.GOV>
Subject: Re: select() and setrlimit() broken
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On Tue, 28 Nov 1995, J Wunsch wrote:

> As -Vince- wrote:
> > 
> > 
> > 	Does anyone know if select() and setrlimit() is broken in -CURRENT since 
> > they don't behave the way they should as compared to every other UN*X 
> > variant.  Any info would be helpful.  Thanks!
> 
> They are not.  The entire system wouldn't work if they were.
> 
> You forgot to tell us your suspected misbehaviour, btw.

	According to the author of the Schrodinger chat program...

	On SunOS 4.1.3, solaris, linux, ultrix, irix, ...  my chatline 
program stayed at the line where select() was when nobody was logged on 
or when nobody was typing.  It's acts in char mode telnet.  On 
freebsd-current, it doesn't stay at select() when nobody is logged on or 
when nobody is typing.  

					
	select line is something like 

select((fd_set *)readfds, (fd_set *)0, (fd_set *)0, (time_t *)0);

the file descriptors for each socket is set for i/o non-blocking
with fcntl()  ...  (can't remember the exact syntax offhand .. I'm on the 
fly right now)

(it's something like that ...  I don't do unix C programming any longer 
.. I'm quoting from memory ...  I was forwarded this letter from somebody 
using my chatline code).

	btw, my chatline program worked "properly" on FreeBSD 2.0.5, 2.0 
and previous versions 1.5.1.1 (or whatever version that novell 
doesn't want anybody using).


					Gord J.C.

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