On 07/19/13 13:37, Felix_Schulte@xxxxxxxxxx wrote: > Hi! > > The documentation for inotify is a bit misleading > (http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man7/inotify.7.html) > > It says when describing the "mask" field: > IN_MOVED_FROM File moved out of watched directory (*). > > The description is not correct, since this event is also fired (on > read()) when a file is moved *within* the same directory (to a new name) > and is explicitly *not* *moved out* of the directory. > > It's not a big deal, of course, I just was confused about it recently. Hello Felix, I agree, it could be clearer. I revised the text to read: IN_MOVED_FROM Generated for the directory containing the old filename when a file is renamed (*). IN_MOVED_TO Generated for the directory containing the new filename when a file is renamed (*). Okay? Cheers, Michael -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-man" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
