From 4a1e4cca21a510542c8efe83bf0758c1467e20e3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Michael Kerrisk Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2014 15:25:24 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] inotify.7: Moving an object to another filesystem generates IN_DELETE_SELF Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk --- man7/inotify.7 | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/man7/inotify.7 b/man7/inotify.7 index b22e518d4..015c32f01 100644 --- a/man7/inotify.7 +++ b/man7/inotify.7 @@ -209,6 +209,11 @@ File/directory deleted from watched directory (*). .TP .B IN_DELETE_SELF Watched file/directory was itself deleted. +(This event also occurs if an object is moved to another filesystem, +since +.BR mv (1) +in effect copies the file to the other filesystem and +then deletes it from original filesystem.) .TP .B IN_MODIFY File was modified (*).