Date: Tue, 19 Aug 1997 16:50:36 -0400 (EDT) From: "David E. Cross" <dec@phoenix.its.rpi.edu> To: "RASHAH.US.ORACLE.COM" <RASHAH@us.oracle.com> Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: poll system call on FreeBSD ? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970819164849.25837C-100000@phoenix.its.rpi.edu> In-Reply-To: <199708191847.LAA23834@mailsun2.us.oracle.com>
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On 19 Aug 1997, RASHAH.US.ORACLE.COM wrote: > SVR4 poll() system call is available but it is not available on FreeBSD. I was > just wondering is there any equivalent call of poll() on FreeBSD ? select() > won't > work as I am not polling on sockets. Another thing is I believe poll() system > call require STREAMS implementation of the driver/module. Does BSD have streams > implemetation equivalent to SVR4 (i mean file system and all other kernel > modules ?). > I know my question is bit wague but I hope you will understand. select() will work on almost any file descriptor, it does not have to be a network (or otherwise) socket. -- David Cross
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