1INOTIFY_RM_WATCH(2) Linux Programmer's Manual INOTIFY_RM_WATCH(2)
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6 inotify_rm_watch - remove an existing watch from an inotify instance
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9 #include <sys/inotify.h>
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11 int inotify_rm_watch(int fd, uint32_t wd);
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14 inotify_rm_watch() removes the watch associated with the watch descripâ
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18 Removing a watch causes an IN_IGNORED event to be generated for this
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22 On success, inotify_rm_watch() returns zero, or -1 if an error occurred
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26 EBADF fd is not a valid file descriptor.
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28 EINVAL The watch descriptor wd is not valid; or fd is not an inotify
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32 Inotify was merged into the 2.6.13 Linux kernel.
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35 This system call is Linux-specific.
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38 inotify_add_watch(2), inotify_init(2), inotify(7)
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41 This page is part of release 3.22 of the Linux man-pages project. A
42 description of the project, and information about reporting bugs, can
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