[tpop3d-discuss]bad file descriptor from select in tpop3d
Daniel Tiefnig
tpop3d at inode.at
Thu, 01 Jun 2006 10:36:05 +0200
Chris Lightfoot wrote:
>> [...] you're just running out of file descriptors.
>
> more likely the maximum number of fds in an FD_SET, I think -- if the
> process had run out of fds then accept would be returning -1 --
> out-of-range file descriptors oughtn't to get as far as select.
Presumed the programmer hasn't been too lazy. :o)
I didn't look. Anyhow you were right, and the first question now is
would you do a release before any modifications, or after?
lg,
daniel