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<H1>INOTIFY_RM_WATCH</H1>
Section: Linux Programmer's Manual (2)<BR>Updated: 2017-09-15<BR><A HREF="#index">Index</A>
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<H2>NAME</H2>
inotify_rm_watch - remove an existing watch from an inotify instance
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<H2>SYNOPSIS</H2>
<B>#include &lt;<A HREF="file:///usr/include/sys/inotify.h">sys/inotify.h</A>&gt;</B>
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<B>int inotify_rm_watch(int </B><I>fd</I><B>, int </B><I>wd</I><B>);</B>
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<H2>DESCRIPTION</H2>
<B>inotify_rm_watch</B>()
removes the watch associated with the watch descriptor
<I>wd</I>
from the inotify instance associated with the file descriptor
<I>fd</I>.
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Removing a watch causes an
<B>IN_IGNORED</B>
event to be generated for this watch descriptor.
(See
<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?7+inotify">inotify</A></B>(7).)
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<H2>RETURN VALUE</H2>
On success,
<B>inotify_rm_watch</B>()
returns zero.
On error, -1 is returned and
<I>errno</I>
is set to indicate the cause of the error.
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<H2>ERRORS</H2>
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<DT id="1"><B>EBADF</B>
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<I>fd</I>
is not a valid file descriptor.
<DT id="2"><B>EINVAL</B>
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The watch descriptor
<I>wd</I>
is not valid; or
<I>fd</I>
is not an inotify file descriptor.
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<H2>VERSIONS</H2>
Inotify was merged into the 2.6.13 Linux kernel.
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<H2>CONFORMING TO</H2>
This system call is Linux-specific.
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<H2>SEE ALSO</H2>
<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?2+inotify_add_watch">inotify_add_watch</A></B>(2),
<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?2+inotify_init">inotify_init</A></B>(2),
<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?7+inotify">inotify</A></B>(7)
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<H2>COLOPHON</H2>
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<DT id="7"><A HREF="#lbAF">ERRORS</A><DD>
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