Linux Standard Base Core Specification 4.1
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inotify_init

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inotify_init -- instantiate inotify

#include <sys/inotify.h>

int inotify_init(void);

inotify_init() shall create one instance of inotify.

On success, inotify_init() shall return a file descriptor pointing to the new inotify instance.

On failure, inotify_init() shall return -1 and set errno to an appropriate value.

EMFILE		The maximum number of inotify instances has been created for this user.
ENFILE		The maximum number of file descriptors has been created on the system.
ENOMEM		There is not enough kernel memory available.

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