From: Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1998 14:28:38 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Add warning that on Windows it only works on sockets.
X-Git-Tag: v1.5.2a2~243
X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=9814a943a558cee1ae1e4f508cf8d56ac34ba14a;p=python

Add warning that on Windows it only works on sockets.
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diff --git a/Doc/lib/libselect.tex b/Doc/lib/libselect.tex
index eec8de1ac2..888914e4b8 100644
--- a/Doc/lib/libselect.tex
+++ b/Doc/lib/libselect.tex
@@ -6,7 +6,13 @@
 
 
 This module provides access to the function \cfunction{select()}
-available in most \UNIX{} versions.  It defines the following:
+available in most operating systems.  Note that on Windows, it only
+works for sockets; on other operating systems, it also works for other
+file types (in particular, on \UNIX{}, it works on pipes).  It cannot
+be used or regular files to determine whether a file has grown since
+it was last read.
+
+The module defines the following:
 
 \begin{excdesc}{error}
 The exception raised when an error occurs.  The accompanying value is