On Tue, 30 Aug 2005, Vincent Snijders wrote:
> Micha Nelissen wrote:
> > On Tue, 30 Aug 2005 11:09:30 +0200 (Romance Daylight Time)
> > Michael Van Canneyt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> >>In windows, it's slightly more difficult (surprise, surprise :-) )
> >>
> >>You can use MsgWaitForMultipleObjects to do this for a windows
> >>handle, or use WaitForSingleObject on a simple file handle.
> >
> >
> > You can't "wait" for file handles in windows.
> >
> AFAIK you can wait for file handles, but not for pipe handles.
You can wait on any handle: file, pipe, socket.
>From msdn:
The WaitForSingleObject function can wait for the following objects:
* Change notification
* Console input
* Event
* Job
* Memory resource notification
* Mutex
* Process
* Semaphore
* Thread
* Waitable timer
The MsgWaitForMultipleObjects function can specify handles of any of the
following object types in the pHandles array:
* Change notification
* Console input
* Event
* Job
* Memory resource notification
* Mutex
* Process
* Semaphore
* Thread
* Waitable timer
Michael.
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