From 678393e2bd0c23d5c809861a3147b88fc30c9965 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: David Baker Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2016 09:59:56 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Add note about file table overflows --- README.md | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 540c575071..a940da64d2 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -173,6 +173,10 @@ will watch for changes to the files and rebuild automatically. If you add or remove any components from the Vector skin, you will need to rebuild the skin's index by running, `npm run reskindex`. +If any of these steps error with, `file table overflow`, you are probably on a mac +which has a very low limit on max open files. Run `ulimit -Sn 1024` and try again. +You'll need to do this in each new terminal you open before building vector. + Filing issues =============