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| author | Robert Love <rml@novell.com> | 2005-08-04 13:07:08 -0700 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@g5.osdl.org> | 2005-08-04 13:11:15 -0700 |
| commit | 3de11748c1b312833e8a148ab7ec47669ecc99dc (patch) | |
| tree | edbec32248719b952fcaaf8f8e6c35371ce5343c /fs | |
| parent | 94efe72f762e2c147d8146d637d5ece5614c8d94 (diff) | |
[PATCH] inotify: update help text
The inotify help text still refers to the character device. Update it.
Fixes kernel bug #4993.
Signed-off-by: Robert Love <rml@novell.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'fs')
| -rw-r--r-- | fs/Kconfig | 11 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/fs/Kconfig b/fs/Kconfig index 5d0c4be43db..e54be705835 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. |