inotify_rm_watch - remove an existing watch from an inotify instance
Standard C library (
libc,
-lc)
#include <sys/inotify.h>
int inotify_rm_watch(int fd, int wd);
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).)
On success,
inotify_rm_watch() returns zero. On error, -1 is returned and
errno is set to indicate the error.
- EBADF
-
fd is not a valid file descriptor.
- EINVAL
- The watch descriptor wd is not valid; or fd
is not an inotify file descriptor.
Inotify was merged into the 2.6.13 Linux kernel.
This system call is Linux-specific.
inotify_add_watch(2),
inotify_init(2),
inotify(7)