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1 | .\" man2/inotify_init.2 - inotify_init man page |
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| 5c51897d | 28 | .TH INOTIFY_INIT 2 2006-02-07 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual" |
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29 | .SH NAME |
| 30 | inotify_init \- initialize an inotify instance | |
| 31 | .SH SYNOPSIS | |
| 6e969f22 | 32 | .B #include <sys/inotify.h> |
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33 | .sp |
| 34 | .BI "int inotify_init(void)" | |
| 35 | .SH DESCRIPTION | |
| 36 | .BR inotify_init () | |
| 37 | initializes a new inotify instance and returns a file descriptor associated | |
| 38 | with a new inotify event queue. | |
| 39 | .SH "RETURN VALUE" | |
| 40 | On success, | |
| 41 | .BR inotify_init () | |
| 42 | returns a new file descriptor, or \-1 if an error occurred (in which | |
| 43 | case, | |
| 44 | .I errno | |
| 45 | is set appropriately). | |
| 46 | .SH ERRORS | |
| 47 | .TP | |
| 48 | .B EMFILE | |
| 49 | The user limit on the total number of inotify instances has been reached. | |
| 50 | .TP | |
| 51 | .B ENFILE | |
| 52 | The system limit on the total number of file descriptors has been reached. | |
| 53 | .TP | |
| 54 | .B ENOMEM | |
| 55 | Insufficient kernel memory is available. | |
| ff457ccb | 56 | .SH VERSIONS |
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57 | Inotify was merged into the 2.6.13 Linux kernel. |
| 58 | .SH "CONFORMING TO" | |
| 59 | This system call is Linux specific. | |
| 60 | .SH "SEE ALSO" | |
| 61 | .BR inotify_add_watch (2), | |
| c13182ef | 62 | .BR inotify_rm_watch (2), |
| ccd2b351 | 63 | .BR inotify (7) |