Re: Problems with select (the other way around...)

[Michael Richardson <mcr () sandelman ottawa on ca>]

> > > > > "Ricardo" == Ricardo Balbinot <rbalbinot () gmail com> writes:
    Ricardo> tv.tv_sec = 1;
    Ricardo> tv.tv_usec = 0;
    Ricardo> FD_ZERO(&rfds);
    Ricardo> FD_SET(handle_fd,&rfds);
    Ricardo> retval = select(1, &rfds, NULL, NULL, &tv);

The first argument to select is the highest FD that you want to look at.
Essentially, this sizes the bitfields ("fdsets").

"
       nfds  is the highest-numbered file descriptor in any of the three sets,
       plus 1.
"

so, you need to set it to "handle_fd + 1"

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