Manpages - inotify_rm_watch.2
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NAME
inotify_rm_watch - remove an existing watch from an inotify instance
SYNOPSIS
#include <sys/inotify.h> int inotify_rm_watch(int fd, int wd);
DESCRIPTION
*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).)
RETURN VALUE
On success, *inotify_rm_watch*() returns zero. On error, -1 is returned and errno is set to indicate the error.
ERRORS
- EBADF
- fd is not a valid file descriptor.
- EINVAL
- The watch descriptor wd is not valid; or fd is not an inotify file descriptor.
VERSIONS
Inotify was merged into the 2.6.13 Linux kernel.
CONFORMING TO
This system call is Linux-specific.
SEE ALSO
*inotify_add_watch*(2), *inotify_init*(2), *inotify*(7)
COLOPHON
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