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On Wed, 2002-08-28 at 00:54, Christopher Faylor wrote: >> >>I was thinking that maximum number of handles which can be waited via > >>WaitForMultipleObjects() is 64, thus limiting a number of handles that > >>can be select()ed. It's probably possible to work around such > >>limitation in cygwin select() but either i've missed something or no > >>such workaround was created in cygwin code. > > > >Ahem, no, you're right. > > Actually, it isn't that simple. It depends on what you are waiting > for. For instance, if you are waiting for pipes, you can wait for > an unlimited number of them. If you ware waiting for sockets, I think > that is also true. If you are waiting for console handles, then yes, > 64 is the maximum. According to MSDN, Egor is right. I wouldn't be surprised if MS allowed more 'silently' on new OS's though.. Rob
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