From: Henry Wilson <henry.wilson@xxxxxxxxxxx> Note EEXIST error that occurs when requesting a watch on a path which is already watched with IN_EXCL_ADD. --- man2/inotify_add_watch.2 | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) diff --git a/man2/inotify_add_watch.2 b/man2/inotify_add_watch.2 index e9ba038eb..27228bfca 100644 --- a/man2/inotify_add_watch.2 +++ b/man2/inotify_add_watch.2 @@ -121,6 +121,14 @@ contains and .I pathname is not a directory. +.TP +.B EEXIST +.I mask +contains +.B IN_EXCL_ADD +and +.I pathname +refers to a file already being watched. .SH VERSIONS Inotify was merged into the 2.6.13 Linux kernel. .SH CONFORMING TO -- 2.17.0 -- 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
