NAME
inotify_init - initialize an inotify instance
SYNOPSIS
#include <sys/inotify.h>
I int inotify_init(void)
DESCRIPTION
R inotify_init ()
initializes a new inotify instance and returns a file descriptor associated
with a new inotify event queue.
RETURN VALUE
On success,
R 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