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.\" man2/inotify_init.2 - inotify_init man page
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.\" 2005-07-19 Robert Love <rlove@rlove.org> - initial version
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.\" 2006-02-07 mtk, minor changes
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.TH INOTIFY_INIT 2 2006-02-07 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
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.SH NAME
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inotify_init \- initialize an inotify instance
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.B #include <sys/inotify.h>
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.sp
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.BI "int inotify_init(void)"
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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.BR inotify_init ()
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initializes a new inotify instance and returns a file descriptor associated
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with a new inotify event queue.
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.SH "RETURN VALUE"
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On success,
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.BR inotify_init ()
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returns a new file descriptor, or \-1 if an error occurred (in which
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case,
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.I errno
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is set appropriately).
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.SH ERRORS
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.TP
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.B EMFILE
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The user limit on the total number of inotify instances has been reached.
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.TP
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.B ENFILE
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The system limit on the total number of file descriptors has been reached.
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.TP
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.B ENOMEM
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Insufficient kernel memory is available.
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.SH "HISTORY"
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Inotify was merged into the 2.6.13 Linux kernel.
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.SH "CONFORMING TO"
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This system call is Linux specific.
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.SH "SEE ALSO"
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.BR inotify_add_watch (2),
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.BR inotify_rm_watch (2),
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.BR inotify (7).
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