Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/12/84; site desint.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!sdcsvax!sdcrdcf!trwrb!desint!geoff From: geoff@desint.UUCP (Geoff Kuenning) Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards Subject: Re: Wanted: event control for UNIX Message-ID: <280@desint.UUCP> Date: Mon, 24-Dec-84 19:24:14 EST Article-I.D.: desint.280 Posted: Mon Dec 24 19:24:14 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 27-Dec-84 02:44:30 EST References: <144@chemabs> Organization: his home computer, Manhattan Beach, CA Lines: 14 In article <144@chemabs> bobr@chemabs (bobr) writes: >We are looking for a feature in UNIX which will give event control. >This feature will allow a program to sleep on multiple queues, and to >wake up when any one of the queues has something put into it. The >queues could be TTY I/O, disk I/O or IPC. We are currently using System >V. Sounds like the System V semaphores are just the ticket. See semop(2), semget(2), and semctl(2). Or am I missing something? -- Geoff Kuenning ...!ihnp4!trwrb!desint!geoff