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Manual Page - inotify_init(2)
Manual Reference Pages - INOTIFY_INIT (2)
NAME
inotify_init - initialize an inotify instance
CONTENTS
Synopsis
Description
Errors
SYNOPSIS
#include <sys/inotify.h>
int inotify_init(void)
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
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EMFILE |
The user limit on the total number of inotify instances has been reached.
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ENFILE |
The system limit on the total number of file descriptors has been reached.
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ENOMEM |
Insufficient kernel memory is available.
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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).
| Linux | INOTIFY_INIT (2) | 2006-02-07 |
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