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Clarify inotify limit text (#858)
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This took me a few read-throughs to get what it was saying so I've
reworded it for clarity.
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Voklen authored Feb 25, 2024
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Expand Up @@ -243,8 +243,8 @@ the filesystem watcher on linux:
Failed to start filesystem watcher for folder yourLabel (yourID): failed to
setup inotify handler. Please increase inotify limits, see https://docs.syncthing.net/users/faq.html#inotify-limits

Linux typically restricts the amount of watches per user (usually 8192). When
you have more directories you need to adjust that number.
Linux typically restricts the number of watches per user (usually 8192). If
you have many directories, you will need to adjust that number.

On many Linux distributions you can run the following to fix it::

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