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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.uwa.edu.au!classic.iinet.com.au!swing.iinet.net.au!news.uoregon.edu!news.corpcomm.net!news3.net99.net!news.cais.net!news.supernet.net!news.magicnet.net!news.sprintlink.net!cs.utexas.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!newsfeed.pitt.edu!dsinc!jabber!candle!root From: root@candle.pha.pa.us (Bruce Momjian) Subject: Re: poll() system call for FreeBSD 2.0.5 - anyone ? X-Newsreader: TIN [UNIX 1.3 950726BETA PL0] Organization: a consultant's basement Message-ID: <DHAGsu.G4F@candle.pha.pa.us> References: <46ibk3$nbf@kettle.magna.com.au> Date: Tue, 31 Oct 1995 01:14:53 GMT Lines: 18 Ward D. Britton (wardb@xplus.com.AU) wrote: : : Is there an implementation of the poll() system call for FreeBSD 2.0.5 ? : ie. a wrapper or device driver/api ? : : We have an application that comes from SYSV/Sco land and makes use of poll : quite havily. : Before we start to replace it with select(), I thought that it may be prudent : to ask. Check out 'pol' from comp.sources.misc. It has a wrapper for select that goes around pol. Should not be too hard to do the reverse. (Try ftp.uu.net for sources.) -- Bruce Momjian | 830 Blythe Avenue root@candle.pha.pa.us | Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania 19026 + If your life is a hard drive, | (610) 353-9879(w) + Christ can be your backup. | (610) 853-3000(h)