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inotify_rm_watch

Section: System Calls (2)
Updated: 202-0-08
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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.