At 01:45 PM 6/14/00 +0200, McLaren, Andrew wrote:
>Just found the answer to this - explicitly stated in the perlvms pod no
>less;
>
>...the system call version of select functions only for file descriptors
>attached to sockets. It will not provide information about regular pipes or
>files, since the CRTL select() routine does not provide this
>functionality...
>
>Damn!
Sorry...
It would be nice to have select() work on mailboxes too. That's a job for
the C RTL team, alas. If you want to file an enhancement request with them
that'd be great--the more that get filed the more likely this is to get
taken care of. :)
Dan
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