Re: select.2: s/minimum/maximum/

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On 08/20/13 01:00, G.raud wrote:
> In this part of the manpage:
> 
> " The timeout argument specifies the minimum interval that select()
>   should block waiting for a file descriptor to become ready.        "

This isn't correct (though maybe there is room for a better wording).

The 'timeout' places a ceiling on how long the call will block,
but that ceiling has the *minimum* value provided by the argument.
See what I mean?

Cheers,

Michael

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