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The libevent API provides a mechanism to execute a callback function when
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a specific event occurs on a file descriptor or after a timeout has been
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reached.
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libevent is meant to replace the asynchronous event loop found in event
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driven network servers. An application just needs to call event_dispatch()
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and can then add or remove events dynamically without having to change the
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event loop.
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Currently, libevent supports kqueue(2), select(2), poll(2), and epoll(4).
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The internal event mechanism is completely independent of the exposed event
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API, and a simple update of libevent can provide new functionality without
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having to redesign the applications. As a result, Libevent allows for
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portable application development and provides the most scalable event
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notification mechanism available on an operating system.
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WWW: http://www.monkey.org/~provos/libevent/
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