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Diffstat (limited to 'libguile/filesys.c')
-rw-r--r-- | libguile/filesys.c | 9 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/libguile/filesys.c b/libguile/filesys.c index 204d74eed..95d1a9dff 100644 --- a/libguile/filesys.c +++ b/libguile/filesys.c @@ -774,8 +774,13 @@ SCM_DEFINE (scm_select, "select", 3, 2, 0, "This procedure has a variety of uses: waiting for the ability\n" "to provide input, accept output, or the existence of\n" "exceptional conditions on a collection of ports or file\n" - "descriptors, or waiting for a timeout to occur.\n" - "It also returns if interrupted by a signal.\n\n" + "descriptors, or waiting for a timeout to occur.\n\n" + + "When an error occurs, of if it is interrupted by a signal, this\n" + "procedure throws a @code{system-error} exception\n" + "(@pxref{Conventions, @code{system-error}}). In case of an\n" + "interruption, the associated error number is @var{EINTR}.\n\n" + "@var{reads}, @var{writes} and @var{excepts} can be lists or\n" "vectors, with each member a port or a file descriptor.\n" "The value returned is a list of three corresponding\n" |