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Clarify inotify limit text (#858)
This took me a few read-throughs to get what it was saying so I've reworded it for clarity.
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Failed to start filesystem watcher for folder yourLabel (yourID): failed to
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setup inotify handler. Please increase inotify limits, see https://docs.syncthing.net/users/faq.html#inotify-limits
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Linux typically restricts the amount of watches per user (usually 8192). When
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you have more directories you need to adjust that number.
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Linux typically restricts the number of watches per user (usually 8192). If
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you have many directories, you will need to adjust that number.
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On many Linux distributions you can run the following to fix it::
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