inotify_rm_watch(2)

inotify_rm_watch2

Remove an existing watch from an inotify instance

Usage

#include <sys/inotify.h>

int inotify_rm_watch(int fd, int wd);

Library

Standard C library (libc, -lc)

Overview

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. On error, -1 is returned and errno is set to indicate the error.

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.

Releases

11 releases since Debian 4.0 (Etch); the text changed 10 times.

  1. 4.0
  2. 5.0
  3. 6.0
  4. 7
  5. 8
  6. 9
  7. 10
  8. 11
  9. 12
  10. 13
  11. Arch

Standards

Linux.

History

Linux 2.6.13.

From man-pages 6.19-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.