is it possible for a process to wait on more than one event at a time ?

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Request for Question Clarification by willie-ga on 02 Oct 2002 09:53 PDT

Could you explain the context a bit for us please? Do you want to know
about queue handling, or process control, or both?

Hello Ravichodavarapu,

Yes.

The how depends upon the operating system you are using. A common
method is to create several threads, one to wait for each event. Here
are a number of links to relevant materials.

Interrupt Handling and POSIX Threads (LynxOs)
http://rd13doc.cern.ch/Atlas/Notes/006/Note006-32.html

Wait for one of several signals (Unix, compatible systems)
http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/007904975/functions/sigwaitinfo.html

Implementing condition variables on Win 32
http://www.cs.wustl.edu/~schmidt/win32-cv-1.html

A search with phrases like
  wait multiple events (your system name here)
would provide more specific results.

  --Maniac