Manpages - inotify_rm_watch.2

inotify_rm_watch - remove an existing watch from an inotify instance

  #include <sys/inotify.h>

  int inotify_rm_watch(int fd, int wd);

*inotify_rm_watch*() removes the watch associated with the watch descriptor wd from the inotify instance associated with the file descriptor fd.

Removing a watch causes an IN_IGNORED event to be generated for this watch descriptor. (See *inotify*(7).)

On success, *inotify_rm_watch*() returns zero. On error, -1 is returned and errno is set to indicate the error.

EBADF

fd is not a valid file descriptor.

EINVAL

The watch descriptor wd is not valid; or fd is not an inotify file descriptor.

Inotify was merged into the 2.6.13 Linux kernel.

This system call is Linux-specific.

*inotify_add_watch*(2), *inotify_init*(2), *inotify*(7)

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