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@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@
 .\" ========================================================================
 .\"
 .IX Title ""<STANDARD INPUT>" 1"
 .\" ========================================================================
 .\"
 .IX Title ""<STANDARD INPUT>" 1"

-.TH "<STANDARD INPUT>" 1 "2007-11-28" "perl v5.8.8" "User Contributed Perl Documentation"
+.TH "<STANDARD INPUT>" 1 "2007-11-29" "perl v5.8.8" "User Contributed Perl Documentation"

 .SH "NAME"
 libev \- a high performance full\-featured event loop written in C
 .SH "SYNOPSIS"
 .SH "NAME"
 libev \- a high performance full\-featured event loop written in C
 .SH "SYNOPSIS"


@@ -413,6 +413,26 @@ or setgid) then libev will \fInot\fR look at the environment variable
 override the flags completely if it is found in the environment. This is
 useful to try out specific backends to test their performance, or to work
 around bugs.
 override the flags completely if it is found in the environment. This is
 useful to try out specific backends to test their performance, or to work
 around bugs.

+.ie n .IP """EVFLAG_FORKCHECK""" 4
+.el .IP "\f(CWEVFLAG_FORKCHECK\fR" 4
+.IX Item "EVFLAG_FORKCHECK"
+Instead of calling \f(CW\*(C`ev_default_fork\*(C'\fR or \f(CW\*(C`ev_loop_fork\*(C'\fR manually after
+a fork, you can also make libev check for a fork in each iteration by
+enabling this flag.
+.Sp
+This works by calling \f(CW\*(C`getpid ()\*(C'\fR on every iteration of the loop,
+and thus this might slow down your event loop if you do a lot of loop
+iterations and little real work, but is usually not noticable (on my
+Linux system for example, \f(CW\*(C`getpid\*(C'\fR is actually a simple 5\-insn sequence
+without a syscall and thus \fIvery\fR fast, but my Linux system also has
+\&\f(CW\*(C`pthread_atfork\*(C'\fR which is even faster).
+.Sp
+The big advantage of this flag is that you can forget about fork (and
+forget about forgetting to tell libev about forking) when you use this
+flag.
+.Sp
+This flag setting cannot be overriden or specified in the \f(CW\*(C`LIBEV_FLAGS\*(C'\fR
+environment variable.

 .ie n .IP """EVBACKEND_SELECT""  (value 1, portable select backend)" 4
 .el .IP "\f(CWEVBACKEND_SELECT\fR  (value 1, portable select backend)" 4
 .IX Item "EVBACKEND_SELECT  (value 1, portable select backend)"
 .ie n .IP """EVBACKEND_SELECT""  (value 1, portable select backend)" 4
 .el .IP "\f(CWEVBACKEND_SELECT\fR  (value 1, portable select backend)" 4
 .IX Item "EVBACKEND_SELECT  (value 1, portable select backend)"


@@ -1073,23 +1093,25 @@ timer will not fire more than once per event loop iteration.
 This will act as if the timer timed out and restart it again if it is
 repeating. The exact semantics are:
 .Sp
 This will act as if the timer timed out and restart it again if it is
 repeating. The exact semantics are:
 .Sp

-If the timer is started but nonrepeating, stop it.
+If the timer is pending, its pending status is cleared.

 .Sp
 .Sp

-If the timer is repeating, either start it if necessary (with the repeat
-value), or reset the running timer to the repeat value.
+If the timer is started but nonrepeating, stop it (as if it timed out).
+.Sp
+If the timer is repeating, either start it if necessary (with the
+\&\f(CW\*(C`repeat\*(C'\fR value), or reset the running timer to the \f(CW\*(C`repeat\*(C'\fR value.

 .Sp
 This sounds a bit complicated, but here is a useful and typical
 .Sp
 This sounds a bit complicated, but here is a useful and typical

-example: Imagine you have a tcp connection and you want a so-called
-idle timeout, that is, you want to be called when there have been,
-say, 60 seconds of inactivity on the socket. The easiest way to do
-this is to configure an \f(CW\*(C`ev_timer\*(C'\fR with \f(CW\*(C`after\*(C'\fR=\f(CW\*(C`repeat\*(C'\fR=\f(CW60\fR and calling
+example: Imagine you have a tcp connection and you want a so-called idle
+timeout, that is, you want to be called when there have been, say, 60
+seconds of inactivity on the socket. The easiest way to do this is to
+configure an \f(CW\*(C`ev_timer\*(C'\fR with a \f(CW\*(C`repeat\*(C'\fR value of \f(CW60\fR and then call

 \&\f(CW\*(C`ev_timer_again\*(C'\fR each time you successfully read or write some data. If
 you go into an idle state where you do not expect data to travel on the
 \&\f(CW\*(C`ev_timer_again\*(C'\fR each time you successfully read or write some data. If
 you go into an idle state where you do not expect data to travel on the

-socket, you can stop the timer, and again will automatically restart it if
-need be.
+socket, you can \f(CW\*(C`ev_timer_stop\*(C'\fR the timer, and \f(CW\*(C`ev_timer_again\*(C'\fR will
+automatically restart it if need be.

 .Sp
 .Sp

-You can also ignore the \f(CW\*(C`after\*(C'\fR value and \f(CW\*(C`ev_timer_start\*(C'\fR altogether
-and only ever use the \f(CW\*(C`repeat\*(C'\fR value:
+That means you can ignore the \f(CW\*(C`after\*(C'\fR value and \f(CW\*(C`ev_timer_start\*(C'\fR
+altogether and only ever use the \f(CW\*(C`repeat\*(C'\fR value and \f(CW\*(C`ev_timer_again\*(C'\fR:

 .Sp
 .Vb 8
 \&   ev_timer_init (timer, callback, 0., 5.);
 .Sp
 .Vb 8
 \&   ev_timer_init (timer, callback, 0., 5.);


@@ -1102,8 +1124,8 @@ and only ever use the \f(CW\*(C`repeat\*(C'\fR value:
 \&   ev_timer_again (loop, timer);
 .Ve
 .Sp
 \&   ev_timer_again (loop, timer);
 .Ve
 .Sp

-This is more efficient then stopping/starting the timer eahc time you want
-to modify its timeout value.
+This is more slightly efficient then stopping/starting the timer each time
+you want to modify its timeout value.

 .IP "ev_tstamp repeat [read\-write]" 4
 .IX Item "ev_tstamp repeat [read-write]"
 The current \f(CW\*(C`repeat\*(C'\fR value. Will be used each time the watcher times out
 .IP "ev_tstamp repeat [read\-write]" 4
 .IX Item "ev_tstamp repeat [read-write]"
 The current \f(CW\*(C`repeat\*(C'\fR value. Will be used each time the watcher times out


@@ -1386,6 +1408,9 @@ not exist\*(R" is signified by the \f(CW\*(C`st_nlink\*(C'\fR field being zero (
 otherwise always forced to be at least one) and all the other fields of
 the stat buffer having unspecified contents.
 .PP
 otherwise always forced to be at least one) and all the other fields of
 the stat buffer having unspecified contents.
 .PP

+The path \fIshould\fR be absolute and \fImust not\fR end in a slash. If it is
+relative and your working directory changes, the behaviour is undefined.
+.PP

 Since there is no standard to do this, the portable implementation simply
 calls \f(CW\*(C`stat (2)\*(C'\fR regularly on the path to see if it changed somehow. You
 can specify a recommended polling interval for this case. If you specify
 Since there is no standard to do this, the portable implementation simply
 calls \f(CW\*(C`stat (2)\*(C'\fR regularly on the path to see if it changed somehow. You
 can specify a recommended polling interval for this case. If you specify


@@ -1974,8 +1999,9 @@ suitable for use with \f(CW\*(C`EV_A\*(C'\fR.
 Similar to the other two macros, this gives you the value of the default
 loop, if multiple loops are supported (\*(L"ev loop default\*(R").
 .PP
 Similar to the other two macros, this gives you the value of the default
 loop, if multiple loops are supported (\*(L"ev loop default\*(R").
 .PP

-Example: Declare and initialise a check watcher, working regardless of
-wether multiple loops are supported or not.
+Example: Declare and initialise a check watcher, utilising the above
+macros so it will work regardless of wether multiple loops are supported
+or not.

 .PP
 .Vb 5
 \&  static void
 .PP
 .Vb 5
 \&  static void


@@ -2048,7 +2074,7 @@ in your include path (e.g. in libev/ when using \-Ilibev):
 .Ve
 .PP
 .Vb 5
 .Ve
 .PP
 .Vb 5

-\&  ev_select.c     only when select backend is enabled (which is by default)
+\&  ev_select.c     only when select backend is enabled (which is enabled by default)

 \&  ev_poll.c       only when poll backend is enabled (disabled by default)
 \&  ev_epoll.c      only when the epoll backend is enabled (disabled by default)
 \&  ev_kqueue.c     only when the kqueue backend is enabled (disabled by default)
 \&  ev_poll.c       only when poll backend is enabled (disabled by default)
 \&  ev_epoll.c      only when the epoll backend is enabled (disabled by default)
 \&  ev_kqueue.c     only when the kqueue backend is enabled (disabled by default)


@@ -2285,13 +2311,18 @@ will be compiled. It is pretty complex because it provides its own header
 file.
 .Sp
 The usage in rxvt-unicode is simpler. It has a \fIev_cpp.h\fR header file
 file.
 .Sp
 The usage in rxvt-unicode is simpler. It has a \fIev_cpp.h\fR header file

-that everybody includes and which overrides some autoconf choices:
+that everybody includes and which overrides some configure choices:

 .Sp
 .Sp

-.Vb 4
+.Vb 9
+\&  #define EV_MINIMAL 1

 \&  #define EV_USE_POLL 0
 \&  #define EV_MULTIPLICITY 0
 \&  #define EV_USE_POLL 0
 \&  #define EV_MULTIPLICITY 0

-\&  #define EV_PERIODICS 0
+\&  #define EV_PERIODIC_ENABLE 0
+\&  #define EV_STAT_ENABLE 0
+\&  #define EV_FORK_ENABLE 0

 \&  #define EV_CONFIG_H <config.h>
 \&  #define EV_CONFIG_H <config.h>

+\&  #define EV_MINPRI 0
+\&  #define EV_MAXPRI 0

 .Ve
 .Sp
 .Vb 1
 .Ve
 .Sp
 .Vb 1