From 7954e55207cc7ea176490b2be31e1b332541a758 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Michael Kerrisk Date: Sun, 1 Jan 2017 23:18:51 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] inotify.7: Point out that inotify monitoring is inode based 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 e98f7d281..b018f1751 100644 --- a/man7/inotify.7 +++ b/man7/inotify.7 @@ -270,6 +270,11 @@ when a file is renamed. File or directory was opened. .RE .PP +Inotify monitoring is inode-based: when monitoring a file +(but not when monitoring the directory containing a file), +an event can be generated for activity on any link to the file +(in the same or a different directory). + When monitoring a directory: .IP * 3 the events marked above with an asterisk (*) can occur both