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NAME
       inotify_rm_watch - remove an existing watch from an inotify instance


SYNOPSIS
       #include <sys/inotify.h>

       int inotify_rm_watch(int fd, int wd);


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

       Removing a watch causes an IN_IGNORED event to be generated  for  this  watch  descriptor.
       (See inotify(7).)


RETURN VALUE
       On  success,  inotify_rm_watch()  returns zero, or -1 if an error occurred (in which case,
       errno is set appropriately).


ERRORS
       EBADF  fd is not a valid file descriptor.

       EINVAL The watch descriptor wd is not valid; or fd is not an inotify file descriptor.


VERSIONS
       Inotify was merged into the 2.6.13 Linux kernel.


CONFORMING TO
       This system call is Linux-specific.


SEE ALSO
       inotify_add_watch(2), inotify_init(2), inotify(7)


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