select.2: s/minimum/maximum/
In this part of the manpage:
" The timeout argument specifies the minimum interval that select()
should block waiting for a file descriptor to become ready. "
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In this part of the manpage:
" The timeout argument specifies the minimum interval that
select()
should block waiting for a file descriptor to become ready. "
This isn't correct (though maybe there is room for a better wording).
The 'timeout' places a ceiling on how long the call will block, but that ceiling has the *minimum* value provided by the argument. See what I mean?
Cheers,
Michael
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