---
name: "Linux::FD"
section: "3pm"
platform: "linux"
package: "liblinux-fd-perl"
version: "0.017-1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/Linux::FD"
---

# Linux::FD(3pm)

Linux specific special filehandles

## NAME

Linux::FD - Linux specific special filehandles

## VERSION

version 0.017

## DESCRIPTION

Linux::FD provides you Linux specific special file handles. These are

- •

  Event filehandles

- •

  Signal filehandles

- •

  Timer filehandles

These allow you to use conventional polling mechanisms to wait for a large variety of events.

## FUNCTIONS

### eventfd($initial\_value, @flags)

This creates an eventfd handle. See Linux::FD::Event for more information on it.

### signalfd($sigset)

This creates an signalfd handle. See Linux::FD::Signal for more information on it.

### timerfd($clock\_id)

This creates an timerfd handle. See Linux::FD::Timer for more information on it.

## AUTHOR

Leon Timmermans \<leont@cpan.org\>

## COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This software is copyright (c) 2010 by Leon Timmermans.

This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.