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funkyfisch/change_notify_watchers.sh

Created February 23, 2019 15:32
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change_notify_watchers.sh
#!/bin/sh
# Change the maximum amount of watchers and persist the setting
echo fs.inotify.max_user_watches=524288 | sudo tee -a /etc/sysctl.conf && sudo sysctl -p
# Arch Linux alternative command
# echo fs.inotify.max_user_watches=524288 | sudo tee -a /etc/sysctl.d/99-sysctl.conf
# Details: https://github.com/guard/listen/wiki/Increasing-the-amount-of-inotify-watchers#the-technical-details
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