> Hi,
>
> On Sat, 29 Aug 1998 15:49:05 +0100, Jamie Lokier
> <lkd@tantalophile.demon.co.uk> said:
> > I do think poll() is the ideal place to add the extended functionality,
> > not select(), as poll() has scope for new types of events to be added.
> > Also, programs which use this mechanism would like to know at compile
> > time if it's supported. Relying on unusual behaviour of select() on
> > directories would mean these programs compile fine on other OSes or even
> > older versions of Linux, but don't work properly.
>
> Yes. Any program using these features is going to have to check for
> them at run-time anyway, because even if you compile under a kernel
> which has the functionality, there's no guarantee that the program won't
> get run under an older kernel.
More then that: they may not be available on all file systems. (Think
about NFS.)
-- Kenneth Albanowski (kjahds@kjahds.com, CIS: 70705,126)
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