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.
HISTORY
Inotify was merged into the 2.6.13 Linux kernel.
CONFORMING TO
This system call is Linux specific.
SEE ALSO
inotify_init(2), inotify_add_watch(2),
inotify(7).
man2/inotify_rm_watch.2 - inotify_rm_watch man page
Copyright (C) 2005 Robert Love
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2005-07-19 Robert Love <rlove@rlove.org> - initial version
2006-02-07 mtk, minor changes
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