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diff --git a/docs/libcurl/curl_multi_fdset.3 b/docs/libcurl/curl_multi_fdset.3 index 222c2f2d8..0efc68ab1 100644 --- a/docs/libcurl/curl_multi_fdset.3 +++ b/docs/libcurl/curl_multi_fdset.3 @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ .\" $Id$ .\" -.TH curl_multi_fdset 3 "18 Apr 2005" "libcurl 7.9.5" "libcurl Manual" +.TH curl_multi_fdset 3 "25 Apr 2005" "libcurl 7.9.5" "libcurl Manual" .SH NAME curl_multi_fdset - extracts file descriptor information from a multi handle .SH SYNOPSIS @@ -21,6 +21,10 @@ but be sure to FD_ZERO them before calling this function as otherwise remove any other. The \fIcurl_multi_perform(3)\fP function should be called as soon as one of them are ready to be read from or written to. +If no file descriptors are set by libcurl, \fImax_fd\fP will contain -1 when +this function returns. Otherwise it will contain the higher descriptor number +libcurl set. + You should also be aware that when doing select(), you should consider using a rather small (single-digit number of seconds) timeout and call \fIcurl_multi_perform\fP regularly - even if no activity has been seen on the |