From da977073d09d6bbfb34342b7aa60f1bea68d8e1f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Michael Kerrisk Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2014 14:04:33 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] inotify.7: wfix Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk --- man7/inotify.7 | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/man7/inotify.7 b/man7/inotify.7 index af4de6c83..60bde571b 100644 --- a/man7/inotify.7 +++ b/man7/inotify.7 @@ -601,7 +601,7 @@ The returns the number of bytes available to read from an inotify file descriptor. .SS Limitations and caveats -The inotify applications identifies events via watch descriptors. +The inotify API identifies events via watch descriptors. It is the application's responsibility to cache a mapping (if one is needed) between watch descriptors and pathnames. Be aware that directory renamings may affect multiple cached pathnames.