nodemon - Internal watch failed: ENOSPC: no space left on device, watch '/home/user/Documents/github/sendMail-lib/3808.txt

Question

I am getting an error while running my server file using nodemon. When I type the command nodemon, I get the following output.

[~/D/g/sendMail-lib|3.6.5]
‹master*› »»»» nodemon                                                0|15:35:32
[nodemon] 1.17.5
[nodemon] to restart at any time, enter `rs`
[nodemon] watching: *.*
[nodemon] starting `node server.js`
[nodemon] Internal watch failed: ENOSPC: no space left on device, watch '/home/abdus/Documents/github/sendMail-lib/3808.txt'
[~/D/g/sendMail-lib|3.6.5]
‹master*› »»»»

Additionally, it creates almost 4000 blank text files(1.txt, 2.txt and so on).

I tried this commands but the problem still persists.

I am on Arch Linux with Node version 10.5.0, NPM version 6.1.0 and Nodemon version 1.17.5.

Just ask me if you need any more information.

Answer 1

I had the same problem. Run nodemon as sudo.

$ sudo nodemon

Or

# nodemon

Most issues I run into with Arch are solved by just running as root. ;)