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Article #927Re: Q: Using select() to detect another process appending to a file
From: Louis A. Mamakos
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1992 14:57
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1992 14:57
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In article <BtuA1H.7p0@sounds.wa.com> BrianW@SoundS.WA.com writes: >Can anyone tell me what is wrong? (perhaps select() only works on pipes which >are emptied when read and doesn't work on real files if I only want to know >about data appended beyond the current file position?) You are correct here; select() only works on pipes, tty-like devices and sockets. It doesn't do anything useful on plain files. louie
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.programmer Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!haven.umd.edu!ni.umd.edu!sayshell.umd.edu!louie From: louie@sayshell.umd.edu (Louis A. Mamakos) Subject: Re: Q: Using select() to detect another process appending to a file Message-ID: <1992Aug31.145742.23989@ni.umd.edu> Sender: usenet@ni.umd.edu (USENET News System) Nntp-Posting-Host: sayshell.umd.edu Organization: University of Maryland College Park References: <BtuA1H.7p0@sounds.wa.com> Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1992 14:57:42 GMT Lines: 10