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1.\" man2/inotify_rm_watch.2 - inotify_rm_watch man page
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28.TH INOTIFY_RM_WATCH 2 2006-02-07 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
29.SH NAME
30inotify_rm_watch \- remove an existing watch from an inotify instance
31.SH SYNOPSIS
6e969f22 32.B #include <sys/inotify.h>
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34.BI "int inotify_rm_watch(int " fd ", uint32_t " wd );
35.SH DESCRIPTION
36.BR inotify_rm_watch ()
37removes the watch associated with the watch descriptor
38.I wd
39from the inotify instance associated with the file descriptor
40.IR fd .
41
42Removing a watch causes an
43.B IN_IGNORED
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44event to be generated for this watch descriptor.
45(See
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46.BR inotify (7).)
47.SH "RETURN VALUE"
48On success,
49.BR inotify_rm_watch ()
50returns zero, or \-1 if an error occurred (in which case,
51.I errno
52is set appropriately).
53.SH ERRORS
54.TP
55.B EBADF
a6183de0 56.I fd
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57is not a valid file descriptor.
58.TP
59.B EINVAL
60The watch descriptor
61.I wd
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62is not valid; or
63.I fd
64is not an inotify file descriptor.
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65.SH "HISTORY"
66Inotify was merged into the 2.6.13 Linux kernel.
67.SH "CONFORMING TO"
68This system call is Linux specific.
69.SH "SEE ALSO"
70.BR inotify_init (2),
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4d2b74dd 72.BR inotify (7).