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Date: Fri, 7 Jan 2000 11:39:54 -0500 (EST)
From: Zhihui Zhang <zzhang@cs.binghamton.edu>
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Subject: Questions about select() and O_NONBLOCK
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I hope that someone will clarify the following questions for me:

(1) Can select() be used with regular files, like myfile.txt?

(2) Does O_NONBLOCK or O_NDELAY work on regular files?

Any help is appreciated.

-Zhihui




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