From: ddl@danlan.*com   
      
   In article , rick.jones2@hp.com (Rick Jones)   
   writes:   
   | Dan Lanciani  wrote:   
   | > 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. :)   
   |   
   | Well, the HP-UX 11 manpage calls it errorfds :)   
   |   
   |       int select(int nfds, fd_set *__restrict readfds,   
   |            fd_set *__restrict writefds, fd_set *__restrict errorfds   
   |            struct timeval *__restrict timeout);   
      
   Yes, the confusion between exceptional and error is so common that it   
   has crept into documentation.  (It's a little like st_ctime's being   
   confused with creation time.)  It would be funny if HP changed the   
   code to conform to the manual...   
      
   				Dan Lanciani   
   				ddl@danlan.*com   
      
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