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| author | Daniel Stenberg <daniel@haxx.se> | 2017-11-09 07:51:11 +0100 |
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| committer | Daniel Stenberg <daniel@haxx.se> | 2017-11-09 07:52:19 +0100 |
| commit | 63b8fbbbc02634ef6710067a71d6be24e1af9dd3 (patch) | |
| tree | 52753a34cb6cb88471bc8e10864591ab46c9acd8 | |
| parent | fa64b0fc4bb8e25fd831db8b9328eeec5cc209c1 (diff) | |
curl_multi_fdset.3: emphasize curl_multi_timeout
... even when there's no socket to wait for, the timeout can still be
very short.
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/libcurl/curl_multi_fdset.3 | 9 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/docs/libcurl/curl_multi_fdset.3 b/docs/libcurl/curl_multi_fdset.3 index beef4deb4..de3a92862 100644 --- a/docs/libcurl/curl_multi_fdset.3 +++ b/docs/libcurl/curl_multi_fdset.3 @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ .\" * | (__| |_| | _ <| |___ .\" * \___|\___/|_| \_\_____| .\" * -.\" * Copyright (C) 1998 - 2014, Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al. +.\" * Copyright (C) 1998 - 2017, Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al. .\" * .\" * This software is licensed as described in the file COPYING, which .\" * you should have received as part of this distribution. The terms @@ -58,9 +58,10 @@ libcurl set. When libcurl returns -1 in \fImax_fd\fP, it is because libcurl currently does something that isn't possible for your application to monitor with a socket and unfortunately you can then not know exactly when the current action is completed using select(). You then need to wait a while before you -proceed and call \fIcurl_multi_perform(3)\fP anyway. How long to wait? We -suggest 100 milliseconds at least, but you may want to test it out in your own -particular conditions to find a suitable value. +proceed and call \fIcurl_multi_perform(3)\fP anyway. How long to wait? Unless +\fIcurl_multi_timeout(3)\fP gives you a lower number, we suggest 100 +milliseconds or so, but you may want to test it out in your own particular +conditions to find a suitable value. When doing select(), you should use \fIcurl_multi_timeout(3)\fP to figure out how long to wait for action. Call \fIcurl_multi_perform(3)\fP even if no |