Subject: Re: kqueue, NOTE_EOF
To: Bill Studenmund <wrstuden@NetBSD.org>
From: Jaromir Dolecek <jdolecek@NetBSD.org>
List: tech-kern
Date: 11/13/2003 10:26:03
Bill Studenmund wrote:
> I think the difference is in the default behavior. When you're at EOF, I
> know that poll() will give you a read-availability event, so you'll read
> the EOF. Will kqueue?
AFAIK yes for sockets, not for file descriptor (i.e. descriptor
open to a file on filesystem). Would poll() give you read-availability
event when on end of file on filesystem.
Jaromir
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