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-rw-r--r--docs/libcurl/curl_multi_fdset.39
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