Re: File-descriptors - large quantities

Chris Wedgwood (chris@cybernet.co.nz)
Wed, 8 Jul 1998 17:42:35 +1200


On Wed, Jul 08, 1998 at 01:11:00AM -0400, Tom Vier wrote:

> sorry if this off topic, but generally, which is better to use, select
> or poll?

for small numbers of FDs, I would say select, large numbers, I would say
poll.

Expect some completely meaningless numbers on what small and large are in
the next dar or so.

Note, poll is only available in 2.1.x.

-Chris

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