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> From: curl-library [mailto:curl-library-bounces_at_cool.haxx.se] On Behalf Of Daniel Stenberg
> Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2014 6:43 PM
> To: libcurl development
> Subject: RE: curl_multi_fdset always returns -1 for maxfd
>
> On Wed, 12 Nov 2014, Vishakha Vaidya wrote:
>
> > If I avoid both curl_multi_fdset(multi_handle, &fdread, &fdwrite,
> > &fdexcep, &maxfd); and select(maxfd+1, &fdread, &fdwrite, &fdexcep,
> > &timeout); Just use curl_multi_perform(multi_handle, &still_running);
> > the code works, is that the right way to do it?
>
> No. You want curl_multi_fdset() to figure out what to wait for, but if there's nothing to wait for you can/should just wait a short while instead of calling select().
>
> Further desrcibed in the man page:
> http://curl.haxx.se/libcurl/c/curl_multi_fdset.html
>
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> / daniel.haxx.se
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It doesn't work. Unless I keep calling multi_perform in a loop, the state does not change from CURLM_STATE_WAITRESOLVE to CURLM_STATE_WAIT_CONNECT.
Are you unable to reproduce the problem, with the code I sent?

~Vishakha

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