GNU/Linux |
CentOS 5.4 |
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inotify_init(2) |
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inotify_init − initialize an inotify instance
#include <sys/inotify.h>
int inotify_init(void)
inotify_init() initializes a new inotify instance and returns a file descriptor associated with a new inotify event queue.
On success, inotify_init() returns a new file descriptor, or −1 if an error occurred (in which case, errno is set appropriately).
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. |
Inotify was merged into the 2.6.13 Linux kernel.
This system call is Linux specific.
inotify_add_watch(2), inotify_rm_watch(2), inotify(7).
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