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Add warning that on Windows it only works on sockets.

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Guido van Rossum 1998-09-28 14:28:38 +00:00
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This module provides access to the function \cfunction{select()}
available in most \UNIX{} versions. It defines the following:
available in most operating systems. Note that on Windows, it only
works for sockets; on other operating systems, it also works for other
file types (in particular, on \UNIX{}, it works on pipes). It cannot
be used or regular files to determine whether a file has grown since
it was last read.
The module defines the following:
\begin{excdesc}{error}
The exception raised when an error occurs. The accompanying value is