有人在Linux上使用watchify吗？ 不应该自动使用inotify吗？

Question

I'm on Linux trying to use watchify and keep getting

Error: Cannot find module 'fsevents' from ~/dir

Why is fsevents even being considered by my system? Isn't it strictly a Mac tool? How do I get node to use inotify as its default file monitor instead of fsevents ? Specifically, I want watchify to wrap files before and after file changes. Why is this?

I've tried using node-inotify but for some reason I'm still getting

npm WARN optional Skipping failed optional dependency /chokidar/fsevents:
npm WARN notsup Not compatible with your operating system or architecture: fsevents@1.0.14

According to this , inotify should just kick in automatically since I'm on Linux.

Answer 1

在Mac上没有inotify支持（这是Linux内核接口），因此您不能这样做。

Answer 2

instead of using watchify/browserify bundles, consider using webpack --watch as a powerful alternative for modular bundling. if you're using linux, engage inotify with

echo fs.inotify.max_user_watches=524288 | sudo tee -a /etc/sysctl.conf && sudo sysctl -p

this is straight from the webpack docs under troubleshooting