poll.h(3)                  POSIX Programmer's Manual                 poll.h(3)



PPRROOLLOOGG
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NNAAMMEE
       poll.h -- definitions for the poll() function

SSYYNNOOPPSSIISS
       #include <poll.h>

DDEESSCCRRIIPPTTIIOONN
       The _<_p_o_l_l_._h_> header shall define the ppoollllffdd structure, which shall
       include at least the following members:

           iinntt    ffdd       The following descriptor being polled.
           sshhoorrtt  eevveennttss   The input event flags (see below).
           sshhoorrtt  rreevveennttss  The output event flags (see below).

       The _<_p_o_l_l_._h_> header shall define the following type through ttyyppeeddeeff:

       nnffddss__tt        An unsigned integer type used for the number of file
                     descriptors.

       The implementation shall support one or more programming environments
       in which the width of nnffddss__tt is no greater than the width of type lloonngg.
       The names of these programming environments can be obtained using the
       _c_o_n_f_s_t_r() function or the _g_e_t_c_o_n_f utility.

       The _<_p_o_l_l_._h_> header shall define the following symbolic constants, zero
       or more of which may be OR'ed together to form the _e_v_e_n_t_s or _r_e_v_e_n_t_s
       members in the ppoollllffdd structure:

       POLLIN        Data other than high-priority data may be read without
                     blocking.

       POLLRDNORM    Normal data may be read without blocking.

       POLLRDBAND    Priority data may be read without blocking.

       POLLPRI       High priority data may be read without blocking.

       POLLOUT       Normal data may be written without blocking.

       POLLWRNORM    Equivalent to POLLOUT.

       POLLWRBAND    Priority data may be written.

       POLLERR       An error has occurred (_r_e_v_e_n_t_s only).

       POLLHUP       Device has been disconnected (_r_e_v_e_n_t_s only).

       POLLNVAL      Invalid _f_d member (_r_e_v_e_n_t_s only).

       The significance and semantics of normal, priority, and high-priority
       data are file and device-specific.

       The following shall be declared as a function and may also be defined
       as a macro. A function prototype shall be provided.

           iinntt   ppoollll((ssttrruucctt ppoollllffdd [[]],, nnffddss__tt,, iinntt));;

       _T_h_e _f_o_l_l_o_w_i_n_g _s_e_c_t_i_o_n_s _a_r_e _i_n_f_o_r_m_a_t_i_v_e_.

AAPPPPLLIICCAATTIIOONN UUSSAAGGEE
       None.

RRAATTIIOONNAALLEE
       None.

FFUUTTUURREE DDIIRREECCTTIIOONNSS
       None.

SSEEEE AALLSSOO
       The System Interfaces volume of POSIX.1-2008, _c_o_n_f_s_t_r(), _p_o_l_l()

       The Shell and Utilities volume of POSIX.1-2008, _g_e_t_c_o_n_f

CCOOPPYYRRIIGGHHTT
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       from IEEE Std 1003.1, 2013 Edition, Standard for Information Technology
       -- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base
       Specifications Issue 7, Copyright (C) 2013 by the Institute of
       Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc and The Open Group.  (This is
       POSIX.1-2008 with the 2013 Technical Corrigendum 1 applied.) In the
       event of any discrepancy between this version and the original IEEE and
       The Open Group Standard, the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard
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