NAME¶

inotify_rm_watch - remove an existing watch from an inotify instance

LIBRARY¶

Standard C library (libc, -lc)

SYNOPSIS¶

#include <sys/inotify.h>

int inotify_rm_watch(int fd, int 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. On error, -1 is returned and errno is set to indicate the error.

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.

STANDARDS¶

This system call is Linux-specific.

SEE ALSO¶

inotify_add_watch(2), inotify_init(2), inotify(7)