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lines changed Original file line number Diff line number Diff line change @@ -243,8 +243,13 @@ the filesystem watcher on linux:
243243 Failed to start filesystem watcher for folder yourLabel (yourID): failed to
244244 set up inotify handler. Please increase inotify limits, see https://docs.syncthing.net/users/faq.html#inotify-limits
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246- Linux typically restricts the number of watches per user (usually 8192). If
247- you have many directories, you will need to adjust that number.
246+ Linux typically restricts the number of watches per user (usually 8192).
247+ If you have many directories (including subdirectories), you will need to adjust
248+ that number. Note that the many other services use inotify watches - even if you
249+ are not watching a particularly large number of directories through Syncthing,
250+ you still may hit this limit due to use by other programs.
251+ There are [tools available](https://stackoverflow.com/a/60705427) which allow
252+ a user to quickly see how many watches are being used and by which processes.
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249254On many Linux distributions you can run the following to fix it::
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