In message: <363446479.20080103213223@EnderUNIX.org>
Metin KAYA <metin@EnderUNIX.org> writes:
: Yes Rick, I'm asking this "indefinitely" issue. Is there anything
: that handle this NULL situation a signal, or etc.? How does Linux or
: FreeBSD behave?
:
: > On Thu, Jan 03, 2008 at 08:52:48PM +0200, Metin KAYA wrote:
: >>
: >> How select(2) will behave if I give the "utimeout" parameter as
: >> NULL?
:
: > According to the man page:
:
: > If timeout is not a null pointer, it specifies the maximum interval to
: > wait for the selection to complete. System activity can lengthen the
: > interval by an indeterminate amount.
:
: > If timeout is a null pointer, the select blocks indefinitely.
:
: > To effect a poll, the timeout argument should not be a null pointer, but
: > it should point to a zero-valued timeval structure.
:
Indefinitely means "it won't return until there's an error or data"
Warner
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