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| author | Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org> | 2011-03-31 18:07:13 +0200 |
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| committer | Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org> | 2011-03-31 18:07:13 +0200 |
| commit | b992f808afff3fe119605430e52986c8a72a858b (patch) | |
| tree | 0513c08125680c243dd6182e4c206a728e7b7450 /lib/nonblocking.h | |
| parent | 111a4bf8dd3d9646133305c19964d8080e0b7085 (diff) | |
| download | gnulib-b992f808afff3fe119605430e52986c8a72a858b.tar.gz | |
nonblocking: Tweak comment.
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1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/lib/nonblocking.h b/lib/nonblocking.h index f5835deddb..48a2da885a 100644 --- a/lib/nonblocking.h +++ b/lib/nonblocking.h @@ -26,8 +26,9 @@ - A write() call returns -1 with errno set to EAGAIN when it cannot transport the requested amount of data (but at most one pipe buffer) without blocking. - Non-blocking I/O is most useful for character devices. Whether it - also works on regular files and block devices is platform dependent. + Non-blocking I/O is most useful for character devices, pipes, and sockets. + Whether it also works on regular files and block devices is platform + dependent. There are three modern alternatives to non-blocking I/O: - use select() or poll() followed by read() or write() if the descriptor |