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select.2: ffix 

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
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Michael Kerrisk 2020-02-19 08:48:09 +01:00
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@ -209,11 +209,11 @@ structure (shown below) that specifies the interval that
should block waiting for a file descriptor to become ready.
The call will block until either:
.RS
.IP * 3
.IP \(bu 2
a file descriptor becomes ready;
.IP *
.IP \(bu
the call is interrupted by a signal handler; or
.IP *
.IP \(bu
the timeout expires.
.RE
.IP
@ -248,8 +248,7 @@ The operation of
and
.BR pselect ()
is identical, other than these three differences:
.TP
(i)
.IP \(bu 2
.BR select ()
uses a timeout that is a
.I struct timeval
@ -258,16 +257,14 @@ uses a timeout that is a
uses a
.I struct timespec
(with seconds and nanoseconds).
.TP
(ii)
.IP \(bu
.BR select ()
may update the
.I timeout
argument to indicate how much time was left.
.BR pselect ()
does not change this argument.
.TP
(iii)
.IP \(bu
.BR select ()
has no
.I sigmask