From 7747b84b82b9950b14f08841da62b76ef8fa0f38 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Michael Kerrisk Date: Sat, 28 Jun 2014 07:52:48 +0200 Subject: 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 --- man7/inotify.7 | 7 +++++-- 1 file 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 -- cgit v1.2.3