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| author | Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> | 2014-06-28 07:52:48 +0200 |
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| committer | Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> | 2014-06-28 07:52:48 +0200 |
| commit | 7747b84b82b9950b14f08841da62b76ef8fa0f38 (patch) | |
| tree | 8ed7988fa7bc4d0bba6187cfe5e03559d14f60b2 | |
| parent | 264545c62e23f61725d00eac8e7cccaa20fa91f8 (diff) | |
inotify.7: Clarify description of IN_EXCL_UNLINK
Clarify the text a little, in particular making it clearer
that the target of a watch is an i-node (not a pathname).
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
| -rw-r--r-- | man7/inotify.7 | 7 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/man7/inotify.7 b/man7/inotify.7 index 04893a3a8..eb83e0637 100644 --- a/man7/inotify.7 +++ b/man7/inotify.7 @@ -322,8 +322,11 @@ so that events are not generated for children after they have been unlinked from the watched directory. .TP .B IN_MASK_ADD -Add (OR) events to the watch mask for this pathname if -it already exists (instead of replacing mask). +If a watch instance already exists for the filesystem object corresponding to +.IR pathname , +add (OR) the events in +.I mask +to the watch mask (instead of replacing the mask). .TP .B IN_ONESHOT Monitor |