system_data_types.7: Add 'fd_set'
Commit Message
Signed-off-by: Alejandro Colomar <colomar.6.4.3@gmail.com>
---
Hi Michael,
There's no link for this type, because it would conflict with FD_SET.3,
which is a link to select(2).
Cheers,
Alex
man7/system_data_types.7 | 17 +++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 17 insertions(+)
Comments
Hi Alex,
Thanks for the patch. See below.
On Thu, 8 Oct 2020 at 10:05, Alejandro Colomar <colomar.6.4.3@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Signed-off-by: Alejandro Colomar <colomar.6.4.3@gmail.com>
> ---
>
> Hi Michael,
>
> There's no link for this type, because it would conflict with FD_SET.3,
> which is a link to select(2).
Okay.
> man7/system_data_types.7 | 17 +++++++++++++++++
> 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/man7/system_data_types.7 b/man7/system_data_types.7
> index b0e0d2b48..adddf823f 100644
> --- a/man7/system_data_types.7
> +++ b/man7/system_data_types.7
> @@ -151,6 +151,23 @@ See also the
> .I float_t
> type in this page.
> .RE
> +.\"------------------------------------- fd_set -----------------------/
> +.TP
> +.I fd_set
> +.RS
> +Include:
> +.IR <sys/select.h> .
> +Alternatively,
> +.IR <sys/time.h> .
> +.PP
> +A structure holding a fixed size buffer of file descriptors.
"buffer" feels wrong.
I think this would be better as something like:
"A structured type that can represent a set of file descriptors."
And then you could perhaps say somewhere: "In the glibc
implementation, the maximum file descriptor number that can be
represented is 1023."
Thanks
Michael
@@ -151,6 +151,23 @@ See also the
.I float_t
type in this page.
.RE
+.\"------------------------------------- fd_set -----------------------/
+.TP
+.I fd_set
+.RS
+Include:
+.IR <sys/select.h> .
+Alternatively,
+.IR <sys/time.h> .
+.PP
+A structure holding a fixed size buffer of file descriptors.
+.PP
+Conforming to:
+POSIX.1-2001 and later.
+.PP
+See also:
+.BR select (2)
+.RE
.\"------------------------------------- fenv_t -----------------------/
.TP
.I fenv_t