Describe what constitues an exceptional condition.

PR: 7666 Submitted by: Archie Cobbs <archie@whistle.com>
1998-08-24 01:09:34 +00:00 · 1998-08-24 01:09:34 +00:00 · 9d14b36e81
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 to see if some of their descriptors
 are ready for reading, are ready for writing, or have an exceptional
 condition pending, respectively.
+The only exceptional condition detectable is out-of-band
+data received on a socket.
 The first
 .Fa nfds
 descriptors are checked in each set;