man pages aren't always all that readable, tho.
here's a decent one:
http://unixhelp.ed.ac.uk/CGI/man-cgi?select+2
and another link from a Unix faq page:
http://www.erlenstar.demon.co.uk/unix/faq_3.html
>> Anyone know where can I get info on how Select() works ? Just to my
>> information.
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>"man select" in any (or most) Unix-like system.
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>-Bruno
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