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| author | Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com> | 2005-08-15 07:10:00 +0400 |
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| committer | Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com> | 2005-08-15 07:10:00 +0400 |
| commit | 4c0e176dd5e4c44dd60f398518f75eedbe1a65f3 (patch) | |
| tree | 07aea7539f78f221c6fc535a94a07befa2afdb63 /fs/Kconfig | |
| parent | f241be74b803dcf9d70c9978292946370654320f (diff) | |
| parent | 2ba84684e8cf6f980e4e95a2300f53a505eb794e (diff) | |
| download | linux-4c0e176dd5e4c44dd60f398518f75eedbe1a65f3.tar.xz | |
Merge /spare/repo/linux-2.6/
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1 files changed, 7 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/fs/Kconfig b/fs/Kconfig index 5d0c4be43dba..e54be7058359 100644 --- a/fs/Kconfig +++ b/fs/Kconfig @@ -363,12 +363,15 @@ config INOTIFY bool "Inotify file change notification support" default y ---help--- - Say Y here to enable inotify support and the /dev/inotify character - device. Inotify is a file change notification system and a + Say Y here to enable inotify support and the associated system + calls. Inotify is a file change notification system and a replacement for dnotify. Inotify fixes numerous shortcomings in dnotify and introduces several new features. It allows monitoring - of both files and directories via a single open fd. Multiple file - events are supported. + of both files and directories via a single open fd. Other features + include multiple file events, one-shot support, and unmount + notification. + + For more information, see Documentation/filesystems/inotify.txt If unsure, say Y. |