From: ddl@danlan.*com   
      
   In article , rick.jones2@hp.com (Rick Jones)   
   writes:   
   | > > Yes.  getsockopt(...SO_ERROR...) is not going to do what you want.   
   |   
   | > so why is it there?   
   | > What type of Information does it yield?   
   |   
   | If I were to guess, it might relate, at least in part, to the "errfds"   
   | parm of select().   
      
   But select() doesn't have an errfds parameter. :)  It has exceptfds   
   which is for exceptional conditions (e.g., out of band data) rather   
   than errors.  Ironically, a saved error will not cause a socket to   
   select true for exceptional conditions even though it will cause it   
   to select true for read & write--at least in real BSD sockets.   
      
   				Dan Lanciani   
   				ddl@danlan.*com   
      
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