def makeNonBlocking(fd): fl = fcntl.fcntl(fd, FCNTL.F_GETFL) try: fcntl.fcntl(fd, FCNTL.F_SETFL, fl | FCNTL.O_NDELAY) except AttributeError: fcntl.fcntl(fd, FCNTL.F_SETFL, fl | FCNTL.FNDELAY)