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5.5 KiB
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214 lines
5.5 KiB
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.\" $NetBSD: poll.2,v 1.3 1996/09/07 21:53:08 mycroft Exp $
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.\" $FreeBSD$
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.\"
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.\" Copyright (c) 1996 Charles M. Hannum. All rights reserved.
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.\"
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.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
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.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
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.\" are met:
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.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
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.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
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.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
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.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
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.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
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.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software
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.\" must display the following acknowledgement:
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.\" This product includes software developed by Charles M. Hannum.
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.\" 4. The name of the author may not be used to endorse or promote products
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.\" derived from this software without specific prior written permission.
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.\"
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.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR
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.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES
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.\" OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED.
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.\" IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT,
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.\" INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT
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.\" NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE,
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.\" DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY
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.\" THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
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.\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF
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.\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
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.\"
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.Dd July 8, 2002
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.Dt POLL 2
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm poll
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.Nd synchronous I/O multiplexing
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.Sh LIBRARY
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.Lb libc
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.In poll.h
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.Ft int
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.Fn poll "struct pollfd fds[]" "nfds_t nfds" "int timeout"
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The
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.Fn poll
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system call
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examines a set of file descriptors to see if some of them are ready for
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I/O.
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The
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.Fa fds
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argument is a pointer to an array of pollfd structures as defined in
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.In poll.h
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(shown below).
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The
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.Fa nfds
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argument determines the size of the
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.Fa fds
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array.
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.Bd -literal
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struct pollfd {
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int fd; /* file descriptor */
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short events; /* events to look for */
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short revents; /* events returned */
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};
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.Ed
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.Pp
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The fields of
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.Fa struct pollfd
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are as follows:
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.Bl -tag -width XXXrevents
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.It fd
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File descriptor to poll.
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If fd is equal to -1 then
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.Fa revents
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is cleared (set to zero), and that pollfd is not checked.
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.It events
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Events to poll for.
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(See below.)
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.It revents
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Events which may occur.
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(See below.)
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.El
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.Pp
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The event bitmasks in
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.Fa events
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and
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.Fa revents
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have the following bits:
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.Bl -tag -width XXXPOLLWRNORM
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.It POLLIN
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Data other than high priority data may be read without blocking.
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.It POLLRDNORM
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Normal data may be read without blocking.
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.It POLLRDBAND
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Data with a non-zero priority may be read without blocking.
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.It POLLPRI
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High priority data may be read without blocking.
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.It POLLOUT
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.It POLLWRNORM
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Normal data may be written without blocking.
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.It POLLWRBAND
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Data with a non-zero priority may be written without blocking.
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.It POLLERR
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An exceptional condition has occurred on the device or socket.
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This
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flag is always checked, even if not present in the
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.Fa events
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bitmask.
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.It POLLHUP
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The device or socket has been disconnected.
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This flag is always
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checked, even if not present in the
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.Fa events
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bitmask.
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Note that
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POLLHUP
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and
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POLLOUT
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should never be present in the
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.Fa revents
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bitmask at the same time.
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.It POLLNVAL
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The file descriptor is not open.
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This flag is always checked, even
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if not present in the
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.Fa events
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bitmask.
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.El
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.Pp
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If
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.Fa timeout
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is neither zero nor INFTIM (-1), it specifies a maximum interval to
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wait for any file descriptor to become ready, in milliseconds.
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If
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.Fa timeout
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is INFTIM (-1), the poll blocks indefinitely.
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If
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.Fa timeout
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is zero, then
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.Fn poll
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will return without blocking.
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.Sh RETURN VALUES
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The
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.Fn poll
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system call
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returns the number of descriptors that are ready for I/O, or -1 if an
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error occurred.
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If the time limit expires,
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.Fn poll
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returns 0.
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If
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.Fn poll
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returns with an error,
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including one due to an interrupted system call,
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the
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.Fa fds
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array will be unmodified.
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.Sh COMPATIBILITY
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This implementation differs from the historical one in that a given
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file descriptor may not cause
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.Fn poll
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to return with an error.
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In cases where this would have happened in
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the historical implementation (e.g.\& trying to poll a
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.Xr revoke 2 Ns ed
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descriptor), this implementation instead copies the
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.Fa events
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bitmask to the
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.Fa revents
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bitmask.
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Attempting to perform I/O on this descriptor will then
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return an error.
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This behaviour is believed to be more useful.
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.Sh ERRORS
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An error return from
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.Fn poll
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indicates:
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.Bl -tag -width Er
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.It Bq Er EFAULT
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The
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.Fa fds
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argument
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points outside the process's allocated address space.
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.It Bq Er EINTR
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A signal was delivered before the time limit expired and
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before any of the selected events occurred.
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.It Bq Er EINVAL
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The specified time limit is negative.
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.El
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr accept 2 ,
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.Xr connect 2 ,
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.Xr kqueue 2 ,
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.Xr read 2 ,
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.Xr recv 2 ,
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.Xr select 2 ,
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.Xr send 2 ,
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.Xr write 2
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.Sh BUGS
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The distinction between some of the fields in the
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.Fa events
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and
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.Fa revents
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bitmasks is really not useful without STREAMS.
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The fields are
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defined for compatibility with existing software.
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.Sh HISTORY
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The
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.Fn poll
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function appeared in
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.At V .
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This manual page and the core of the implementation was taken from
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.Nx .
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