From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri Aug 3 22: 8:20 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from elvis.mu.org (elvis.mu.org [216.33.66.196]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4A97537B406 for ; Fri, 3 Aug 2001 22:08:18 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from billf@elvis.mu.org) Received: by elvis.mu.org (Postfix, from userid 1098) id 0501681D01; Sat, 4 Aug 2001 00:08:08 -0500 (CDT) Date: Sat, 4 Aug 2001 00:08:07 -0500 From: Bill Fumerola To: Hans Zaunere Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: select kevent aio_read Message-ID: <20010804000807.Z2759@elvis.mu.org> References: <20010804040431.59151.qmail@web12807.mail.yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20010804040431.59151.qmail@web12807.mail.yahoo.com>; from zaunere@yahoo.com on Fri, Aug 03, 2001 at 09:04:31PM -0700 X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 4.3-FEARSOME-20010712 i386 Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, Aug 03, 2001 at 09:04:31PM -0700, Hans Zaunere wrote: > I am new to this level of programming so please bare > with me. I am curious as the differences between > kevent and select and when to use either one. After > reading the man pages, they seem to provide about the > same functionality. What advantages do each have, and > why would one choose one over the other? Also I am > confused as to the purpose of aio_read and family. > > Any explanation, links or code samples would be great. http://people.freebsd.org/~jlemon/ -- Bill Fumerola - security yahoo / Yahoo! inc. - fumerola@yahoo-inc.com / billf@FreeBSD.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message