INOTIFY_RM_WATCH
INOTIFY_RM_WATCH
Section: Linux Programmer's Manual (2) Updated: 2006-02-07 Local index
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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 , uint32_t 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
RETURN VALUE
On success,
inotify_rm_watch ()
returns zero, or -1 if an error occurred (in which case,
errno
is set appropriately).
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 inotify_init inotify
COLOPHON
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DESCRIPTION
RETURN VALUE
ERRORS
VERSIONS
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