From 35dd728f381b1c17b42e544e833defdf7c6fc297 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Danny Garside Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2026 02:21:36 +0000 Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Update inotify docs --- users/faq-parts/usage.rst | 9 +++++++-- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/users/faq-parts/usage.rst b/users/faq-parts/usage.rst index edccf047..894b92e1 100644 --- a/users/faq-parts/usage.rst +++ b/users/faq-parts/usage.rst @@ -243,8 +243,13 @@ the filesystem watcher on linux: Failed to start filesystem watcher for folder yourLabel (yourID): failed to set up inotify handler. Please increase inotify limits, see https://docs.syncthing.net/users/faq.html#inotify-limits -Linux typically restricts the number of watches per user (usually 8192). If -you have many directories, you will need to adjust that number. +Linux typically restricts the number of watches per user (usually 8192). +If you have many directories (including subdirectories), you will need to adjust +that number. Note that the many other services use inotify watches - even if you +are not watching a particularly large number of directories through Syncthing, +you still may hit this limit due to use by other programs. +There are [tools available](https://stackoverflow.com/a/60705427) which allow +a user to quickly see how many watches are being used and by which processes. On many Linux distributions you can run the following to fix it:: From 51ae2fe96dfb4fc34cedc0aae6976d647069c683 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Danny Garside Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2026 02:26:43 +0000 Subject: [PATCH 2/2] switch markdown to rst formatting --- users/faq-parts/usage.rst | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/users/faq-parts/usage.rst b/users/faq-parts/usage.rst index 894b92e1..76c00f7b 100644 --- a/users/faq-parts/usage.rst +++ b/users/faq-parts/usage.rst @@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ If you have many directories (including subdirectories), you will need to adjust that number. Note that the many other services use inotify watches - even if you are not watching a particularly large number of directories through Syncthing, you still may hit this limit due to use by other programs. -There are [tools available](https://stackoverflow.com/a/60705427) which allow +There are `tools available `__ which allow a user to quickly see how many watches are being used and by which processes. On many Linux distributions you can run the following to fix it::