Setting filesystem event monitoring (inotify) - PingDirectory

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Configure an event monitoring tool (such as inotify) for notifying processes about filesystem events, such as file creation, deletion, and updates.

The Linux system puts a limit on the number of inotify watches assigned to each user.

To increase the limit, edit etc/systctl.conf by adding the following line.
```
fs.inotify.max_user_watches = 524288
```

Run the following command.

$ sudo sysctl -w fs.inotify.max_user_watches=524288