Does OS X not support epoll function?

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Does OS X not support epoll function?

up vote 3 down vote favorite 1	I'm learning to use epoll function. But my OS X, Mountain Lion doesn't have a header file, sys/epoll.h. I'd like to use epoll function on OS X. How Can I use epoll function? osx  epoll  kqueue share improve this question edited  Dec 13 '12 at 10:11 cmeerw 5,180 15 19 asked  Dec 13 '12 at 9:08 inherithandle 569 1 8 28
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up vote 10 down vote accepted	Mac OS X doesn't support epoll, but it does support kqueue which is very similar. share improve this answer answered  Dec 13 '12 at 10:10 cmeerw 5,180 15 19
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