Select (Unix)
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Select (Unix)
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select is a system call and application programming interface (API) in Unix-like and POSIX-compliant operating systems for examining the status of file descriptors of open input/output channels. The select system call is similar to the poll facility introduced in UNIX System V and later operating systems. However, with the c10k problem, both select and poll have been superseded by the likes of kqueue, epoll, /dev/poll and I/O completion ports. One common use of select outside of its stated use o
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System call to examine the status of file descriptors of open input/output channels
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Select_(Unix)
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2022-06-20T15:17:37Z
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