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inotify_rm_watch - remove an existing watch from an inotify instance
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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).)
Errors
EBADFfd is not a valid file descriptor.
EINVAL The watch descriptor wd is not valid; or fd is not an inotify file descriptor.
History
Linux 2.6.13.
Library
Standard C library (libc, -lc)
Name
inotify_rm_watch - remove an existing watch from an inotify instance
Return Value
On success, inotify_rm_watch() returns zero. On error, -1 is returned and errno is set to indicate the
error.
See Also
inotify_add_watch(2), inotify_init(2), inotify(7)
Linux man-pages 6.9.1 2024-05-02 inotify_rm_watch(2)
Standards
Linux.
Synopsis
#include<sys/inotify.h>intinotify_rm_watch(intfd,intwd);
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