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From: Luigi Rizzo <luigi@labinfo.iet.unipi.it>
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Subject: Re: Why FIONREAD has no dual for write ?
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Date: Tue, 16 Dec 1997 09:42:24 +0100 (MET)
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In-Reply-To: <199712160608.RAA03776@noether.blah.org> from "Ada" at Dec 16, 97 05:07:59 pm
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> > situations.
w dou 
> 
> How about a counterpart to select() which can request a minimum number
> of bytes {free,ready} in the buffer?  This could also be useful in
> situations where one does not wish to implement buffering; instead the
> kernel buffers could be used.
> 
> Is this feasable in light of how select() works?
> 
> Ada.
> 
How do you pass the (array of=) desired lengths to the new select ?

	Luigi