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select.h(3HEAD) 						      Headers							   select.h(3HEAD)

NAME
select.h, select - select types SYNOPSIS
#include <sys/select.h> DESCRIPTION
The <sys/select.h> header defines the timeval structure, which includes the following members: time_t tv_sec /* seconds */ suseconds_t tv_usec /* microseconds */ The time_t and suseconds_t types are defined as described in <sys/types.h>. See types.h(3HEAD). The sigset_t type is defined as described in signal.h(3HEAD). The timespec structure is defined as described in <time.h>. See time.h(3HEAD). The <sys/select.h> header defines the fd_set type as a structure. The following is defined as a macro: FD_SETSIZE Maximum number of file descriptors in an fd_set structure. Inclusion of the <sys/select.h> header can make visible all symbols from the headers <signal.h>, <sys/time.h>, and <time.h>. ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes: +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ | ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |Interface Stability |Standard | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ SEE ALSO
select(3C), signal.h(3HEAD), time.h(3HEAD), types.h(3HEAD), attributes(5), standards(5) SunOS 5.10 10 Sep 2004 select.h(3HEAD)

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select.h(3HEAD)                                                       Headers                                                      select.h(3HEAD)

NAME
select.h, select - select types SYNOPSIS
#include <sys/select.h> DESCRIPTION
The <sys/select.h> header defines the timeval structure, which includes the following members: time_t tv_sec /* seconds */ suseconds_t tv_usec /* microseconds */ The time_t and suseconds_t types are defined as described in <sys/types.h>. See types.h(3HEAD). The sigset_t type is defined as described in signal.h(3HEAD). The timespec structure is defined as described in <time.h>. See time.h(3HEAD). The <sys/select.h> header defines the fd_set type as a structure. The following is defined as a macro: FD_SETSIZE Maximum number of file descriptors in an fd_set structure. Inclusion of the <sys/select.h> header can make visible all symbols from the headers <signal.h>, <sys/time.h>, and <time.h>. ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes: +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ | ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |Interface Stability |Standard | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ SEE ALSO
select(3C), signal.h(3HEAD), time.h(3HEAD), types.h(3HEAD), attributes(5), standards(5) SunOS 5.10 10 Sep 2004 select.h(3HEAD)
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