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28 .TH INOTIFY_RM_WATCH 2 2006-02-07 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
30 inotify_rm_watch \- remove an existing watch from an inotify instance
32 .B #include <sys/inotify.h>
34 .BI "int inotify_rm_watch(int " fd ", uint32_t " wd );
35 .\" FIXME . The type of the second argument should probably be "int".
36 .\" I submitted a patch to fix this. See the LKML thread
37 .\" "[patch] Fix type errors in inotify interfaces", 18 Nov 2008
38 .\" Glibc bug filed: http://sources.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=7040
40 .BR inotify_rm_watch ()
41 removes the watch associated with the watch descriptor
43 from the inotify instance associated with the file descriptor
46 Removing a watch causes an
48 event to be generated for this watch descriptor.
53 .BR inotify_rm_watch ()
54 returns zero, or \-1 if an error occurred (in which case,
56 is set appropriately).
61 is not a valid file descriptor.
68 is not an inotify file descriptor.
70 Inotify was merged into the 2.6.13 Linux kernel.
72 This system call is Linux-specific.
74 .BR inotify_add_watch (2),