Subj : Re: Thread Synchronisation and select()
To   : comp.programming.threads
From : Jason Curl
Date : Wed Jul 27 2005 12:18 pm

Marcin 'Qrczak' Kowalczyk wrote:
> Jason Curl <j_dot_curl@motorola_dot_com.invalid> writes:

>>Is there a way to associate a posix mutex, condition variable, etc.
>>to a file descriptor?

> You can make a pipe, select on it, and write a byte to it to wake up
> the select (and read from it after select so it doesn't fill up).

Thanks - I've implemented this and it does work the best.

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