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.TH INOTIFY_RM_WATCH 2 2010-10-15 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
.SH NAME
inotify_rm_watch \- remove an existing watch from an inotify instance
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B #include <sys/inotify.h>
.sp
.BI "int inotify_rm_watch(int " fd ", int " wd );
.\" Before glibc 2.10, the second argument was types as uint32_t.
.\" http://sources.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=7040
.SH DESCRIPTION
.BR inotify_rm_watch ()
removes the watch associated with the watch descriptor
.I wd
from the inotify instance associated with the file descriptor
.IR fd .

Removing a watch causes an
.B IN_IGNORED
event to be generated for this watch descriptor.
(See
.BR inotify (7).)
.SH RETURN VALUE
On success,
.BR inotify_rm_watch ()
returns zero.
On error, \-1 is returned and
.I errno
is set to indicate the cause of the error.
.SH ERRORS
.TP
.B EBADF
.I fd
is not a valid file descriptor.
.TP
.B EINVAL
The watch descriptor
.I wd
is not valid; or
.I fd
is not an inotify file descriptor.
.SH VERSIONS
Inotify was merged into the 2.6.13 Linux kernel.
.SH CONFORMING TO
This system call is Linux-specific.
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR inotify_add_watch (2),
.BR inotify_init (2),
.BR inotify (7)
.SH COLOPHON
This page is part of release 4.10 of the Linux
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project.
A description of the project,
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