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<7e51995c-eeba-4ad4-9f7b-5b79743206a1@j1g2000prb.googlegroups.com>,
Steven Woody wrote:

> Hi List,
>
> I want to ask, if I add NONBLOCK flags to some of my descriptor, do I
> need to change old code arond select(2) calls?
>
> Particularly, to ensure connect(2) return within a few seconds, I
> decide to turn on NONBLOCK option to the socket descriptor, but many
> old codes still use select(2) to check if the socket ready for read.
> Does it okay?

Select() is normally only used when the socket is set to non-blocking.
So if the program wasn't setting the socket to non-blocking, it could
have had problems.

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