[[!comment format=mdwn
 username="http://joeyh.name/"
 nickname="joey"
 subject="comment 4"
 date="2013-04-24T15:05:33Z"
 content="""
You're confusing number of files (inotify doesn't care) with number of directories (inotify does care).

Dropbox is on record about being limited in the number of directories it can watch without adjusting the inotify limit. 
<https://www.dropbox.com/help/145>
"""]]