INOTIFY_RM_WATCH
Section: Linux Programmer's Manual (2)
Updated: 2006-02-07
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(7).)
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(2),
inotify_init(2),
inotify(7)
COLOPHON
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Index
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- SYNOPSIS
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- DESCRIPTION
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- RETURN VALUE
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- ERRORS
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- VERSIONS
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- CONFORMING TO
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- SEE ALSO
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