Error: EMFILE: too many open files - React Native CLI

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Amir picture Amir · Nov 2, 2019 · Viewed 9.8k times · Source

I try to run a react-native-cli project using react-native start, and the metro bundler fails, saying the following: 

events.js 187
throw er; //Unhandled 'error' event

Error: EMFILE: too many open files, watch

Emitted 'error' event on NodeWatcher isntance at:
     at NodeWatcher: checkedEmitError (.../react-native-project/node_modules/sane/src/node_watcher.js:143:12)
     at FSWatcher.emit (events.js:210:5)
     at FSEvent.FSWatcher:_handle onchange (internal/fs/watchers.js:129:12) {
   errno: -24,
   syscall: 'watch',
   code : 'EMFILE',
   filename: null
)
Process terminated. Press <enter> to close the window

Answer

Romit Kumar picture Romit Kumar · Nov 2, 2019

Just close all other files and try again. If you are running on android make sure to run cd android and ./gradlew clean before react-native run-android. If this doesn't fix, there might be problem with your file watching service. Try this 

$ brew update
$ brew install watchman

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