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INOTIFY_ADD_WATCH(2) Linux Programmer's Manual INOTIFY_ADD_WATCH(2)
inotify_add_watch - add a watch to an initialized inotify instance
#include <sys/inotify.h>
int inotify_add_watch(int fd, const char *pathname, uint32_t mask);
inotify_add_watch() adds a new watch, or modifies an existing watch,
for the file whose location is specified in pathname; the caller must
have read permission for this file. The fd argument is a file
descriptor referring to the inotify instance whose watch list is to
be modified. The events to be monitored for pathname are specified
in the mask bit-mask argument. See inotify(7) for a description of
the bits that can be set in mask.
A successful call to inotify_add_watch() returns a unique watch
descriptor for this inotify instance, for the filesystem object
(inode) that corresponds to 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.
The watch descriptor is returned by later read(2)s from the inotify
file descriptor. These reads fetch inotify_event structures (see
inotify(7)) indicating filesystem events; the watch descriptor inside
this structure identifies the object for which the event occurred.
On success, inotify_add_watch() returns a watch descriptor (a
nonnegative integer). On error, -1 is returned and errno is set
appropriately.
EACCES Read access to the given file is not permitted.
EBADF The given file descriptor is not valid.
EEXIST mask contains IN_MASK_CREATE and pathname refers to a file
already being watched by the same fd.
EFAULT pathname points outside of the process's accessible address
space.
EINVAL The given event mask contains no valid events; or mask
contains both IN_MASK_ADD and IN_MASK_CREATE; or fd is not an
inotify file descriptor.
ENAMETOOLONG
pathname is too long.
ENOENT A directory component in pathname does not exist or is a
dangling symbolic link.
ENOMEM Insufficient kernel memory was available.
ENOSPC The user limit on the total number of inotify watches was
reached or the kernel failed to allocate a needed resource.
ENOTDIR
mask contains IN_ONLYDIR and pathname is not a directory.
Inotify was merged into the 2.6.13 Linux kernel.
This system call is Linux-specific.
See inotify(7).
inotify_init(2), inotify_rm_watch(2), inotify(7)
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Pages that refer to this page: inotify_init1(2) , inotify_init(2) , inotify_rm_watch(2) , syscalls(2) , inotify(7)
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