Commit 3de11748 authored by Robert Love's avatar Robert Love Committed by Linus Torvalds

[PATCH] inotify: update help text

The inotify help text still refers to the character device.  Update it.

Fixes kernel bug #4993.
Signed-off-by: default avatarRobert Love <rml@novell.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarAndrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: default avatarLinus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
parent 94efe72f
......@@ -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.
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