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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/filesystems/dnotify.rst (renamed from Documentation/filesystems/dnotify.txt) | 11 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/filesystems/index.rst | 1 |
2 files changed, 9 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/dnotify.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/dnotify.rst index 08d575ece45d..a28a1f9ef79c 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/dnotify.txt +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/dnotify.rst @@ -1,5 +1,8 @@ - Linux Directory Notification - ============================ +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 + +============================ +Linux Directory Notification +============================ Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au> @@ -12,6 +15,7 @@ being delivered using signals. The application decides which "events" it wants to be notified about. The currently defined events are: + ========= ===================================================== DN_ACCESS A file in the directory was accessed (read) DN_MODIFY A file in the directory was modified (write,truncate) DN_CREATE A file was created in the directory @@ -19,6 +23,7 @@ The currently defined events are: DN_RENAME A file in the directory was renamed DN_ATTRIB A file in the directory had its attributes changed (chmod,chown) + ========= ===================================================== Usually, the application must reregister after each notification, but if DN_MULTISHOT is or'ed with the event mask, then the registration will @@ -36,7 +41,7 @@ especially important if DN_MULTISHOT is specified. Note that SIGRTMIN is often blocked, so it is better to use (at least) SIGRTMIN + 1. Implementation expectations (features and bugs :-)) ---------------------------- +--------------------------------------------------- The notification should work for any local access to files even if the actual file system is on a remote server. This implies that remote diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/index.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/index.rst index 43717f11d10b..815101241115 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/index.rst +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/index.rst @@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ algorithms work. locking directory-locking devpts + dnotify automount-support |