Initializes a new inotify instance and returns a file descriptor associated with a new inotify event queue.
Arguments
Return values
If the system call succeeds the return value is a new file descriptor.
If the system call fails the return value is one of the following errno values:
-EMFILE |
The user limit on the total number of inotify instances has been reached. |
-ENFILE |
The system limit on the total number of file descriptors has been reached. |
-ENOMEM |
Insufficient kernel memory is available. |
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Remarks
n/a
Compatibility
Available since 2.6.13 |