Page created: 6 Nov 2019
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Page updated: 25 Mar 2020
An event monitoring tool such as inotify can be configured for notifying processes about file system events, including file creation, deletion, and updates. The Linux system puts a limit on the number of inotify watches a user can receive. To increase the limit, edit etc/sysctl.conf to add a line:
fs.inotify.max_user_watches = 524288
Run the command:
$ sudo sysctl -w fs.inotify.max_user_watches=524288