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@@ -1,7 +1,3 @@ -.. image:: https://img.shields.io/pypi/dm/pysendfile.svg - :target: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/pysendfile#downloads - :alt: Downloads this month - .. image:: https://api.travis-ci.org/giampaolo/pysendfile.png?branch=master :target: https://travis-ci.org/giampaolo/pysendfile :alt: Linux tests (Travis) @@ -171,6 +167,16 @@ Differences with send() `test suite <https://github.com/giampaolo/pysendfile/blob/release-2.0.1/test/test_sendfile.py#L202>`__, `pyftpdlib wrapper <http://code.google.com/p/pyftpdlib/source/browse/tags/release-0.7.0/pyftpdlib/ftpserver.py#1035>`__. +=============== +Non-blocking IO +=============== + +- sendfile(2) can be used with non-blocking sockets, meaning if you try to + send a chunk of data over a socket fd which is not "ready" you'll immediately + get EAGAIN (then you can retry later by using `select()`, `epoll()` or + whatever). +- the regular file fd, on the other hand, *can* block + =================== Supported platforms =================== |