INOTIFY_RM_WATCH(2)

NAME
inotify_rm_watch - remove an existing watch from an inotify instance

SYNOPSIS
#include <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.

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).