From 3d08cd331c1adcf0d917392f7e527b3f00511748 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Daniel Baumann Date: Fri, 24 May 2024 06:52:22 +0200 Subject: Merging upstream version 6.8. Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann --- man/man2/inotify_add_watch.2 | 135 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 135 insertions(+) create mode 100644 man/man2/inotify_add_watch.2 (limited to 'man/man2/inotify_add_watch.2') diff --git a/man/man2/inotify_add_watch.2 b/man/man2/inotify_add_watch.2 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..a430f39 --- /dev/null +++ b/man/man2/inotify_add_watch.2 @@ -0,0 +1,135 @@ +.\" Copyright (C) 2005 Robert Love +.\" and Copyright, 2006 Michael Kerrisk +.\" +.\" SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later +.\" +.\" 2005-07-19 Robert Love - initial version +.\" 2006-02-07 mtk, various changes +.\" +.TH inotify_add_watch 2 2024-05-02 "Linux man-pages (unreleased)" +.SH NAME +inotify_add_watch \- add a watch to an initialized inotify instance +.SH LIBRARY +Standard C library +.RI ( libc ", " \-lc ) +.SH SYNOPSIS +.nf +.B #include +.P +.BI "int inotify_add_watch(int " fd ", const char *" pathname ", uint32_t " mask ); +.fi +.SH DESCRIPTION +.BR inotify_add_watch () +adds a new watch, or modifies an existing watch, +for the file whose location is specified in +.IR pathname ; +the caller must have read permission for this file. +The +.I fd +argument is a file descriptor referring to the +inotify instance whose watch list is to be modified. +The events to be monitored for +.I pathname +are specified in the +.I mask +bit-mask argument. +See +.BR inotify (7) +for a description of the bits that can be set in +.IR mask . +.P +A successful call to +.BR inotify_add_watch () +returns a unique watch descriptor for this inotify instance, +for the filesystem object (inode) that corresponds to +.IR pathname . +If the filesystem object +was not previously being watched by this inotify instance, +then the watch descriptor is newly allocated. +If the filesystem object was already being watched +(perhaps via a different link to the same object), then the descriptor +for the existing watch is returned. +.P +The watch descriptor is returned by later +.BR read (2)s +from the inotify file descriptor. +These reads fetch +.I inotify_event +structures (see +.BR inotify (7)) +indicating filesystem events; +the watch descriptor inside this structure identifies +the object for which the event occurred. +.SH RETURN VALUE +On success, +.BR inotify_add_watch () +returns a watch descriptor (a nonnegative integer). +On error, \-1 is returned and +.I errno +is set to indicate the error. +.SH ERRORS +.TP +.B EACCES +Read access to the given file is not permitted. +.TP +.B EBADF +The given file descriptor is not valid. +.TP +.B EEXIST +.I mask +contains +.B IN_MASK_CREATE +and +.I pathname +refers to a file already being watched by the same +.IR fd . +.TP +.B EFAULT +.I pathname +points outside of the process's accessible address space. +.TP +.B EINVAL +The given event mask contains no valid events; or +.I mask +contains both +.B IN_MASK_ADD +and +.BR IN_MASK_CREATE ; +or +.I fd +is not an inotify file descriptor. +.TP +.B ENAMETOOLONG +.I pathname +is too long. +.TP +.B ENOENT +A directory component in +.I pathname +does not exist or is a dangling symbolic link. +.TP +.B ENOMEM +Insufficient kernel memory was available. +.TP +.B ENOSPC +The user limit on the total number of inotify watches was reached or the +kernel failed to allocate a needed resource. +.TP +.B ENOTDIR +.I mask +contains +.B IN_ONLYDIR +and +.I pathname +is not a directory. +.SH STANDARDS +Linux. +.SH HISTORY +Linux 2.6.13. +.SH EXAMPLES +See +.BR inotify (7). +.SH SEE ALSO +.BR inotify_init (2), +.BR inotify_rm_watch (2), +.BR inotify (7) -- cgit v1.2.3