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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