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.\" 2005-07-19 Robert Love <rlove@rlove.org> - initial version
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.\" 2006-02-07 mtk, minor changes
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.TH INOTIFY_RM_WATCH 2 2017-09-15 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
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.SH NAME
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inotify_rm_watch \- remove an existing watch from an inotify instance
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.B #include <sys/inotify.h>
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.PP
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.BI "int inotify_rm_watch(int " fd ", int " wd );
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.\" Before glibc 2.10, the second argument was types as uint32_t.
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.\" http://sources.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=7040
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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.BR inotify_rm_watch ()
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removes the watch associated with the watch descriptor
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.I wd
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from the inotify instance associated with the file descriptor
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.IR fd .
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.PP
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Removing a watch causes an
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.B IN_IGNORED
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event to be generated for this watch descriptor.
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(See
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.BR inotify (7).)
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.SH RETURN VALUE
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On success,
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.BR inotify_rm_watch ()
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returns zero.
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On error, \-1 is returned and
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.I errno
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is set to indicate the cause of the error.
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.SH ERRORS
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.TP
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.B EBADF
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.I fd
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is not a valid file descriptor.
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.TP
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.B EINVAL
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The watch descriptor
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.I wd
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is not valid; or
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.I fd
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is not an inotify file descriptor.
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.SH VERSIONS
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Inotify was merged into the 2.6.13 Linux kernel.
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.SH CONFORMING TO
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This system call is Linux-specific.
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.SH SEE ALSO
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.BR inotify_add_watch (2),
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.BR inotify_init (2),
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.BR inotify (7)
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