Name
inotify_init — initialize an inotify instance
DESCRIPTION
inotify_init
() initializes a
new inotify instance and returns a file descriptor associated
with a new inotify event queue.
RETURN VALUE
On success, inotify_init
()
returns a new file descriptor, or −1 if an error
occurred (in which case, errno
is set appropriately).
ERRORS
- EMFILE
-
The user limit on the total number of inotify
instances has been reached.
- ENFILE
-
The system limit on the total number of file
descriptors has been reached.
- ENOMEM
-
Insufficient kernel memory is available.
HISTORY
Inotify was merged into the 2.6.13 Linux kernel.
CONFORMING TO
This system call is Linux specific.
SEE ALSO
inotify_add_watch(2),
inotify_rm_watch(2),
inotify(7).
man2/inotify_init.2 - inotify_init man page
Copyright (C) 2005 Robert Love
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2005-07-19 Robert Love <rlove@rlove.org> - initial version
2006-02-07 mtk, minor changes
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