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 -- Dag vijandelijk luchtschip de huismeester is dood - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/