From 9814a943a558cee1ae1e4f508cf8d56ac34ba14a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Guido van Rossum Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1998 14:28:38 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Add warning that on Windows it only works on sockets. --- Doc/lib/libselect.tex | 8 +++++++- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Doc/lib/libselect.tex b/Doc/lib/libselect.tex index eec8de1ac24..888914e4b8b 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libselect.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libselect.tex @@ -6,7 +6,13 @@ 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