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INOTIFY_INIT(2)            Linux Programmer's Manual           INOTIFY_INIT(2)



 

NAME


       inotify_init - initialize an inotify instance

 

SYNOPSIS


       #include 

       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


       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.

 

VERSIONS


       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)

 

COLOPHON


       This  page  is  part of release 3.05 of the Linux man-pages project.  A
       description of the project, and information about reporting  bugs,  can
       be found at http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/.



Linux                             2006-02-07                   INOTIFY_INIT(2)