[ale] Select()

[Calvin Harrigan]

On 8/16/2010 3:51 PM, Chris Fowler wrote:
> That is the highest number of FD you want to select on.
>
> If you want to select on 0 (STDIN) and 1 (STDOUT) then MAXFD needs to be
> 1 (highest FD) + 1 = 2.  MAXFD needs to be 2.  That will allow you to
> select on 0 and 1.

So I should be monitoring the values of the file descriptors returned to 
determine which one is the highest then add 1?

This is what I'm understanding the more I follow this trail.

http://www.linuxmanpages.com/man2/select_tut.2.php