Package: inotify-tools Version: 3.12-1 Severity: minor Tags: patch The manpage for inotifywait(1) does not discuss how to use the '--timeout' option to *not* time out, i.e. to wait indefinitely.
The attached patch clarifies this option in the manpage.
=== modified file 'man/inotifywait.1' --- man/inotifywait.1 2008-02-09 06:46:47 +0000 +++ man/inotifywait.1 2008-02-09 07:18:18 +0000 @@ -112,8 +112,8 @@ .TP .B \-t <seconds>, \-\-timeout <seconds> -Listen for an event for the specified amount of seconds, exiting if an event -has not occurred in that time. +Exit if an appropriate event has not occurred within <seconds> seconds. If +<seconds> is zero (the default), wait indefinitely for an event. .TP .B \-e <event>, \-\-event <event>
