derekclair/rm_macOS_fs_watch_limit.sh

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Remove macOS FileSystem watch limit. SEE: https://github.com/guard/listen/wiki/Increasing-the-amount-of-inotify-watchers

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rm_macOS_fs_watch_limit.sh

echo fs.inotify.max_user_watches=524288 | sudo tee -a /etc/sysctl.conf && sudo sysctl -p

shyam-habarakada commented Jun 15, 2019

On 10.14.2 I get

sysctl: illegal option -- p
usage: sysctl [-bdehiNnoqx] name[=value] ...
       sysctl [-bdehNnoqx] -a

marcj commented Aug 27, 2019

https://krypted.com/mac-os-x/maximum-files-in-mac-os-x/

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