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.\" man2/inotify_rm_watch.2 - inotify_rm_watch man page
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.\" Copyright (C) 2005 Robert Love
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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 2006-02-07 "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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.sp
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.BI "int inotify_rm_watch(int " fd ", uint32_t " wd );
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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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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, or \-1 if an error occurred (in which case,
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.I errno
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is set appropriately).
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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 "HISTORY"
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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_init (2),
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.BR inotify_add_watch (2),
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.BR inotify (7).
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