函数原型
/* According to POSIX.1-2001 */
#include <sys/select.h> //头文件
/* According to earlier standards */
#include <sys/time.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <unistd.h>
int select(int nfds, fd_set *readfds, fd_set *writefds,
fd_set *exceptfds, struct timeval *timeout);//函数原型
描述
Three independent sets of file descriptors are watched. Those listed in readfds will be watched to see if characters become avail‐
able for reading (more precisely, to see if a read will not block; in particular, a file descriptor is also ready on end-of-file),
those in writefds will be watched to see if a write will not block, and those in exceptfds will be watched for exceptions. On exit,
the sets are modified in place to indicate which file descriptors actually changed status. Each of the three file descriptor sets
may be specified as NULL if no file descriptors are to be watched for the corresponding class of events.
//该函数允许进程指示等待多个事件的任何一个发生,并且只在有一个或多个事件发生或者经历一段指定的时间后才唤醒它
它只有在如下四种情况下返回
1. 集合中的任何描述符准备好读
2. 集合中的任何描述符准备好谢
3. 集合中的任何描述符有异常等待处理
4. 等待事件到达
The time structures involved are defined in <sys/time.h> and look like struct timeval { long tv_sec; /* seconds */ long tv_usec; /* microseconds */ };等待事件这个参数有三种可能
1.永远灯下去,仅在有一个描述符准备好才返回,为此,我们把该参数设置为空指针
2.等待一段固定时间,在有一个描述符准好好I/O才返回,但是不能超时;
3. 不等待,检查描述符后立即返回,这时定时器的时间必须设置为0
返回值:
(1)正常情况下返回满足要求的文件描述符个数;
(2)经过了timeout等待后仍无文件满足要求,返回0;
(3)如果select被某个信号中断,将返回-1并设置errno为EINTR;
(4)若出错,返回-1并设置相应的errno;
select的使用方法:
(1)将要监控的文件添加到文件描述符集;
(2)调用select开始监控;
(3)判断文件是否发生变化;
系统提供四个宏对描述符集进行操作:
void FD_SET(int fd, fd_set *fdset); //将文件描述符fd添加到文件描述符集fdset中;
void FD_CLR(int fd, fd_set *fdset); //从文件描述符集fdset中清除文件描述符fd;
void FD_ISSET(int fd, fd_set *fdset); //在调用select后使用FD_ISSET来检测文件描述符集中的文件fd发生了变化
void FD_ZERO(fd_set *fdset);//清空文件描述符集
下面看个例子,用select来监视stdin看何时有输入
root@wl-Lenovo-B590:/myworkspace/anvancdedprogramminginunix/mysourcecode/chapter11# cat -n select.c
1 #include <stdio.h>
2 #include <stdlib.h>
3 #include <sys/time.h>
4 #include <sys/types.h>
5 #include <unistd.h>
6
7 int
8 main(void)
9 {
10 fd_set rfds;
11 struct timeval tv;
12 int retval;
13
14 /* Watch stdin (fd 0) to see when it has input. */
15 FD_ZERO(&rfds);
16 FD_SET(0, &rfds);
17
18 /* Wait up to five seconds. */
19 tv.tv_sec = 5;
20 tv.tv_usec = 0;
21
22 retval = select(1, &rfds, NULL, NULL, &tv);
23 /* Don't rely on the value of tv now! */
24
25 if (retval == -1)
26 perror("select()");
27 else if (retval)
28 printf("Data is available now.\n");
29 /* FD_ISSET(0, &rfds) will be true. */
30 else
31 printf("No data within five seconds.\n");
32
33 exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
34 }
编译后运行结果如图:
可以看到,五秒不输入则到达定时时间,有输入则会捕捉到
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Linux Programmer's Manual