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| 4b8c67d9 | 27 | .TH INOTIFY_RM_WATCH 2 2017-09-15 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual" |
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28 | .SH NAME |
| 29 | inotify_rm_watch \- remove an existing watch from an inotify instance | |
| 30 | .SH SYNOPSIS | |
| 6e969f22 | 31 | .B #include <sys/inotify.h> |
| 68e4db0a | 32 | .PP |
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33 | .BI "int inotify_rm_watch(int " fd ", int " wd ); |
| 34 | .\" Before glibc 2.10, the second argument was types as uint32_t. | |
| 35 | .\" http://sources.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=7040 | |
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36 | .SH DESCRIPTION |
| 37 | .BR inotify_rm_watch () | |
| 38 | removes the watch associated with the watch descriptor | |
| 39 | .I wd | |
| 40 | from the inotify instance associated with the file descriptor | |
| 41 | .IR fd . | |
| efeece04 | 42 | .PP |
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43 | Removing a watch causes an |
| 44 | .B IN_IGNORED | |
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45 | event to be generated for this watch descriptor. |
| 46 | (See | |
| 4d2b74dd | 47 | .BR inotify (7).) |
| 47297adb | 48 | .SH RETURN VALUE |
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49 | On success, |
| 50 | .BR inotify_rm_watch () | |
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51 | returns zero. |
| 52 | On error, \-1 is returned and | |
| 4d2b74dd | 53 | .I errno |
| b680b4c3 | 54 | is set to indicate the cause of the error. |
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55 | .SH ERRORS |
| 56 | .TP | |
| 57 | .B EBADF | |
| a6183de0 | 58 | .I fd |
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59 | is not a valid file descriptor. |
| 60 | .TP | |
| 61 | .B EINVAL | |
| 62 | The watch descriptor | |
| 63 | .I wd | |
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64 | is not valid; or |
| 65 | .I fd | |
| 66 | is not an inotify file descriptor. | |
| ff457ccb | 67 | .SH VERSIONS |
| 4d2b74dd | 68 | Inotify was merged into the 2.6.13 Linux kernel. |
| 47297adb | 69 | .SH CONFORMING TO |
| 8382f16d | 70 | This system call is Linux-specific. |
| 47297adb | 71 | .SH SEE ALSO |
| c13182ef | 72 | .BR inotify_add_watch (2), |
| f0c34053 | 73 | .BR inotify_init (2), |
| ccd2b351 | 74 | .BR inotify (7) |