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Possible cause of Vue.js hot reload or LiveReload not working and failed file watchers on IDE
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You what its worth the inotify number is much higher in Ubuntu/POP_OS 19.10 (64bit):
65536Informative post.
is there any downside for making it permanent in respect to your system performance?
No downside from my experience, even with much higher number.
Please mention if we need to restart the computer after the change.
echo fs.inotify.max_user_watches=16384This sets the number for the current shell session, and as the config file is written, so it will also work on the next boot. So no need to reboot.
Thanks for the help! Question: Is there any real downside to continuing to increase this number? Would it not be better to clear the watch list at some point? Or is that not possible? Thanks again!
There is no downside, or to be more precise it depends on the program using these watchers, however there are limits explained in this unix stack exchange answer