From: Henry Wilson <henry.wilson@xxxxxxxxxxx> Note EEXIST error that occurs when requesting a watch on a path which is already watched with IN_MASK_CREATE. Note EINVAL error also occurs when requesting a watch specifying both IN_MASK_CREATE and IN_MASK_ADD. --- man2/inotify_add_watch.2 | 15 +++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+) diff --git a/man2/inotify_add_watch.2 b/man2/inotify_add_watch.2 index e9ba038eb..4a69610e0 100644 --- a/man2/inotify_add_watch.2 +++ b/man2/inotify_add_watch.2 @@ -95,6 +95,12 @@ 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 +.B IN_MASK_CREATE +; or .I fd is not an inotify file descriptor. .TP @@ -121,6 +127,15 @@ contains and .I pathname is not a directory. +.TP +.B EEXIST +.I mask +contains +.B IN_MASK_CREATE +and +.I pathname +refers to a file already being watched by the same +.I fd .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
