Hello! >> Under Window you can use select(). For myself I've written for Win32 a >> poll() function that internally use select() (so the code remains clean >> and portable). > (Whoops. I should have pressed reply to all. Sorry for the > inconvenience, Frank.) No problem. > The Windows select() function only works for sockets. One cannot give it > a regular file descriptor (like a pipe). Note that sockets are no file > descriptors on windows. Yes, right. I overseen the pipe. Regards, Frank _______________________________________________ gtk-list@xxxxxxxxx http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-list