Section 2 · System calls
inotify_rm_watch.2
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inotify_rm_watch
NAME
LIBRARY
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
RETURN VALUE
ERRORS
STANDARDS
HISTORY
SEE ALSO
NAME
inotify_rm_watch − remove an existing watch from an inotify instance
LIBRARY
Standard C library (libc, −lc)
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. |
STANDARDS
Linux.
HISTORY
Linux 2.6.13.
SEE ALSO
inotify_add_watch(2), inotify_init(2), inotify(7)