[FEEDBACK] Issue with fd_set, FD_ZERO, FD_SET, FD_SETSIZE : Cygwin

[gs-cygwin.com@gluelogic.com]

On Tue, Feb 07, 2023 at 04:33:53AM +0800, Yeo Kai Wei wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> Thanks for the help.
> 
> I tried adding "#include <sys/select.h>".
> 
> However, this is the error message that was returned to me.
> 
> $ gcc -o selectStdIn selectStdIn.c
> selectStdIn.c:9:10: fatal error: sys/select.h: No such file or directory
>  #include <sys/select.h>
> 
> Thank you.
> 
> On 7/2/2023 4:30 am, gs-cygwin.com@gluelogic.com wrote:
> > On Tue, Feb 07, 2023 at 04:25:22AM +0800, Yeo Kai Wei via Cygwin wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > > 
> > > I would like to report an issue with Cygwin 3.4.2 on Windows.
> > > 
> > > It doesn't seem to be able to work with  fd_set, FD_ZERO, FD_SET, FD_SETSIZE
> > > macros.
> > > 
> > > The code is in italics. The filename was selectStdIn.c. The terminal command
> > > used was "gcc -o selectStdIn selectStdIn.c"
> > > 
> > > Thank you.
> > > 
> > > /
> > > /
> > > 
> > > /CODE
> > > /
> > > 
> > > /#include <stdio.h>//
> > > //#include <stdlib.h>//
> > > //#include <sys/time.h>//
> > > //#include <unistd.h>//
> > > / /
> > > //void main()//
> > > //{//
> > > //    fd_set fds; //set of file descriptors//
> > > / /
> > > //    struct timeval tv;//
> > > / /
> > > //    int flag;//
> > > / /
> > > //    char byte;//
> > > / /
> > > //    FD_ZERO(&fds);//
> > > / /
> > > //    FD_SET(0, &fds);//
> > > / /
> > > //    tv.tv_sec = 5;//
> > > / /
> > > //    tv.tv_usec = 0;//
> > > / /
> > > //    flag = select(FD_SETSIZE, //
> > > //            &fds,//
> > > //            NULL,//
> > > //            NULL,//
> > > //            &tv);//
> > > / /
> > > //    if(-1 == flag)//
> > > //        perror("select error");//
> > > //    else if(flag)//
> > > //    {//
> > > //        read(0,&byte,1);//
> > > / /
> > > //        puts("data read");//
> > > //    }//
> > > / /
> > > //    if(flag)//
> > > //        printf("The byte value is %c\n", byte);//
> > > ////
> > > //}/
> > > 
> > > 
> > > TERMINAL COMMANDS
> > > 
> > > $ gcc -o selectStdIn selectStdIn.c
> > > selectStdIn.c: In function 'main':
> > > selectStdIn.c:8:2: error: unknown type name 'fd_set'; did you mean 'fpos_t'?
> > >    fd_set fds; //set of file descriptors
> > >    ^~~~~~
> > >    fpos_t
> > > selectStdIn.c:16:2: warning: implicit declaration of function 'FD_ZERO'
> > > [-Wimpli
> > > cit-function-declaration]
> > >    FD_ZERO(&fds);
> > >    ^~~~~~~
> > > selectStdIn.c:18:2: warning: implicit declaration of function 'FD_SET'
> > > [-Wimplic
> > > it-function-declaration]
> > >    FD_SET(0, &fds);
> > >    ^~~~~~
> > > selectStdIn.c:24:9: warning: implicit declaration of function 'select'; did
> > > you
> > > mean 'sleep'? [-Wimplicit-function-declaration]
> > >    flag = select(FD_SETSIZE,
> > >           ^~~~~~
> > >           sleep
> > > selectStdIn.c:24:16: error: 'FD_SETSIZE' undeclared (first use in this
> > > function)
> > >    flag = select(FD_SETSIZE,
> > >                  ^~~~~~~~~~
> > > selectStdIn.c:24:16: note: each undeclared identifier is reported only once
> > > for
> > > each function it appears in
> > $ man select
> > 
> > #include <sys/select.h>

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You need to install the cygwin-devel package to get <sys/select.h>

Cheers, Glenn