inotify

Linux subsystem for filesystem monitoring
CreativeWork operating_system_component Q307101
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inotify

Summary

inotify is an operating system component[1]. inotify draws 95 Wikipedia views per month (operating_system_component category, ranking #4 of 9).[2]

Key Facts

  • inotify's instance of is recorded as operating system component[3].
  • inotify's follows is recorded as dnotify[4].
  • inotify's part of is recorded as Linux kernel[5].
  • inotify's has use is recorded as event monitoring[6].
  • inotify's has use is recorded as desktop search[7].
  • inotify's has use is recorded as file synchronization[8].
  • inotify's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/07qgqy[9].
  • inotify's facet of is recorded as operating system[10].
  • inotify's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://stackoverflow.com/tags/inotify[11].
  • inotify's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://askubuntu.com/tags/inotify[12].
  • inotify's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://superuser.com/tags/inotify[13].
  • inotify's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://serverfault.com/tags/inotify[14].
  • inotify's Quora topic ID is recorded as Inotify[15].
  • inotify's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 126791143[16].

Body

Publication

inotify's part of is recorded as Linux kernel[5].

Adaptations and Inspiration

inotify's follows is recorded as dnotify[4].

Why It Matters

inotify draws 95 Wikipedia views per month (operating_system_component category, ranking #4 of 9).[2] inotify has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Quora. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). inotify. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/inotify
MLA “inotify.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/inotify.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_inotify_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{inotify}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/inotify}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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