INOTIFY_RM_WATCH(2)

NAME
inotify_rm_watch - remove an existing watch from an inotify instance

SYNOPSIS
#include <inotify.h>

int inotify_rm_watch(intfd, __u32 wd);

DESCRIPTION
inotify_rm_watch removes the watch associated with the watch descriptor wd from the inotify instance associated with the file descriptor fd.

RETURN VALUE
On success, inotify_rm_watch returns zero, or negative one if an error occurred (in which case, errno is set appropriately).

ERRORS

EBADF
    fd is not a valid file descriptor

EMFILE
    The user limit on the total number of inotify instances has been reached.

EINVAL
    The watch descriptor wd is not valid.

HISTORY
Inotify was merged into the 2.6.13 Linux kernel.

SEE ALSO
inotify_init(2), inotify_add_watch(2),and read(2).