Re: Bug in documentation

[Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>]

On 07/19/13 13:37, Felix_Schulte-dDVk9ABzqyjQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> The documentation for inotify is a bit misleading
> (http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man7/inotify.7.html)
> 
> It says when describing the "mask" field:
> IN_MOVED_FROM     File moved out of watched directory (*).
> 
> The description is not correct, since this event is also fired (on
> read()) when a file is moved *within* the same directory (to a new name)
> and is explicitly *not* *moved out* of the directory.
> 
> It's not a big deal, of course, I just was confused about it recently.

Hello Felix,

I agree, it could be clearer. I revised the text to read:

           IN_MOVED_FROM     Generated  for  the  directory containing the
                             old filename when a file is renamed (*).
           IN_MOVED_TO       Generated for the  directory  containing  the
                             new filename when a file is renamed (*).

Okay?

Cheers,

Michael
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