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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
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Posted: Mon Dec 24 19:24:14 1984
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References: <144@chemabs>
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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?
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	Geoff Kuenning
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