diff --git a/src/doc/user/usermanual.sgml b/src/doc/user/usermanual.sgml index dbedc4eb..2fc1d19c 100644 --- a/src/doc/user/usermanual.sgml +++ b/src/doc/user/usermanual.sgml @@ -1039,6 +1039,27 @@ fvwm your system is short on resources. Periodic indexing is adequate in most cases. + Increasing resources for inotify + On Linux systems, monitoring a big tree may imply + increasing the resources available to inotify, which are + normally defined in /etc/sysctl.conf. + +### inotify +# +# cat /proc/sys/fs/inotify/max_queued_events - 16384 +# cat /proc/sys/fs/inotify/max_user_instances - 128 +# cat /proc/sys/fs/inotify/max_user_watches - 16384 +# +# -- Change to: +# +fs.inotify.max_queued_events=32768 +fs.notify.max_user_instances=256 +fs.inotify.max_user_watches=32768 + + + + + Slowing down the reindexing rate for fast changing files @@ -5265,7 +5286,7 @@ metadatacmds = ; rclmulti1 = somecmd %f of: field1 = value1 -field2 = "value for field2" +field2 = value for field2 field1 and field2 will be set inside the