2.6.12-rc2-mm1: inotify and directory removal

From: Sean Neakums
Date: Wed Apr 06 2005 - 08:28:01 EST


Using your glib sample thingy from
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/rml/inotify/glib/

$ mkdir snozzberries
Event on wd=0: snozzberries, a directory, was created
$ rmdir snozzberries
Event on wd=0: snozzberries, a directory, was deleted

$ mkdir snozzberries
Event on wd=0: bunneh, a directory, was created
$ rm -r snozzberries
Event on wd=0: The watch was opened

Also seen, watching a directory after some other traffic:

$ mkdir snozzberries
Event on wd=0: snozzberries, a directory, was created
$ rm -r snozzberries
Event on wd=0: The watch was opened
Event on wd=0: was closed (was not writable)

If I use absolute paths the rmdir/mkdir case is the same.
However:

$ mkdir ~/tmp/snozzberries
Event on wd=0: snozzberries, a directory, was created
$ rm -r ~/tmp/snozzberries
Event on wd=0: snozzberries was opened

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