I will show you how to fix Error: ENOSPC: System limit for number of file watchers reached.
If you read the previous article, you have to update your last change.
We are going to fix the following error message.
node:internal/errors:464
ErrorCaptureStackTrace(err);
^
Error: ENOSPC: System limit for number of file watchers reached, watch 'src'
at FSWatcher.<computed> (node:internal/fs/watchers:244:19)
at Object.watch (node:fs:2247:34)
1. Open sysctl.conf file (/etc/sysctl.conf)
2. Update the following statement
fs.inotify.max_user_watches=524288
to
fs.inotify.max_user_watches=1524288
3. Apply changes without restart
sudo sysctl -p
4. Run watcher
Conclusion
When you get this error, update/increase the previous value from 524288 to a higher number.