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Technical Standard: Networking Services (XNS), Issue 5.2 Draft 2.0
Copyright © 1999 The Open Group

NAME

select - synchronous I/O multiplexing
Note:
The XSH specification contains the basic definition of this interface. The following additional information pertains to Sockets.

DESCRIPTION

A file descriptor for a socket that is listening for connections will indicate that it is ready for reading, when connections are available. A file descriptor for a socket that is connecting asynchronously will indicate that it is ready for writing, when a connection has been established.

CHANGE HISTORY

First released in Issue 4.

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