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inotify.7: Note ENOTDIR error that can occur for IN_ONLYDIR
Note ENOTDIR error that occurs when requesting a watch on a nondirectory with IN_ONLYDIR. Reported-by: Paul Millar <paul.millar@desy.de> Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
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.BR IN_ONLYDIR " (since Linux 2.6.15)"
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.BR IN_ONLYDIR " (since Linux 2.6.15)"
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Watch
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Watch
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.I pathname
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.I pathname
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only if it is a directory.
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only if it is a directory;
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the error
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.B ENOTDIR
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results if
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.I pathname
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is not a directory.
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Using this flag provides an application with a race-free way of
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Using this flag provides an application with a race-free way of
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ensuring that the monitored object is a directory.
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ensuring that the monitored object is a directory.
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.RE
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.RE
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