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Increase file watchers (error ENOSPC)
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sysctl.conf
# sudo nano /etc/sysctl.conf
###################################################################
# Increase the number for files being watched
# Default is: 8192 (files that can be watched)
# One file watch roughly takes 1kb.
# 1048576 files being watched would take a max of 1GB of memory
#
# Gets rid of (error ENOSPC) given by Node and VS Code
# https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/setup/linux#_visual-studio-code-is-unable-to-watch-for-file-changes-in-this-large-workspace-error-enospc
#
fs.inotify.max_user_watches=1048576
# sudo sysctl -p
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