Using select on a unix command in lieu of signal

[Paul Rubin]

"rh0dium" <sklass at pointcircle.com> writes:
> Thanks much - Alternatively if anyone else has a better way to do what
> I am trying to get done always looking for better ways.  I still want
> this to work though..

You don't have to use select, since you can use timeouts with normal
socket i/o.  So you could use threads.  3000 threads is a lot but not
insanely so.