Name
INOTIFY — inotify file change notification support
Say yes 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 object. Other features include multiple
file events, one-shot support, and unmount notification.
For more information, see Documentation/filesystems/inotify.txt.
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