1INOTIFY_INIT(2) Linux Programmer's Manual INOTIFY_INIT(2)
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6 inotify_init, inotify_init1 - initialize an inotify instance
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9 #include <sys/inotify.h>
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11 int inotify_init(void);
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15 inotify_init() initializes a new inotify instance and returns a file
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18 If flags is 0, then inotify_init1() is the same as inotify_init(). The
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22 IN_NONBLOCK Set the O_NONBLOCK file status flag on the new open file
23 description. Using this flag saves extra calls to fcntl(2)
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26 IN_CLOEXEC Set the close-on-exec (FD_CLOEXEC) flag on the new file
27 descriptor. See the description of the O_CLOEXEC flag in
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35 EINVAL (inotify_init1()) An invalid value was specified in flags.
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37 EMFILE The user limit on the total number of inotify instances has been
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46 inotify_init() first appeared in Linux 2.6.13. inotify_init1() was
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50 These system calls are Linux-specific.
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53 inotify_add_watch(2), inotify_rm_watch(2), inotify(7)
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56 This page is part of release 3.22 of the Linux man-pages project. A
57 description of the project, and information about reporting bugs, can
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