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| author | Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> | 1998-09-28 14:28:38 (GMT) |
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| committer | Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> | 1998-09-28 14:28:38 (GMT) |
| commit | 9814a943a558cee1ae1e4f508cf8d56ac34ba14a (patch) | |
| tree | 39814c1977b4bab2bb548238e3de581acaa44422 /Doc/lib | |
| parent | 954b9adcd25047ece5c3aa71c01dd2a96d0b2a17 (diff) | |
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Add warning that on Windows it only works on sockets.
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diff --git a/Doc/lib/libselect.tex b/Doc/lib/libselect.tex index eec8de1..888914e 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libselect.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libselect.tex @@ -6,7 +6,13 @@ This module provides access to the function \cfunction{select()} -available in most \UNIX{} versions. It defines the following: +available in most operating systems. Note that on Windows, it only +works for sockets; on other operating systems, it also works for other +file types (in particular, on \UNIX{}, it works on pipes). It cannot +be used or regular files to determine whether a file has grown since +it was last read. + +The module defines the following: \begin{excdesc}{error} The exception raised when an error occurs. The accompanying value is |