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14611461* On Windows systems, this feature depends on ` ReadDirectoryChangesW ` .
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14631463If the underlying functionality is not available for some reason, then
1464- ` fs.watch ` will not be able to function. For example, watching files or
1465- directories on network file systems (NFS, SMB, etc.) often doesn't work
1466- reliably or at all.
1464+ ` fs.watch ` will not be able to function. For example, watching files or
1465+ directories can be unreliable, and in some cases impossible, on network file
1466+ systems (NFS, SMB, etc), or host file systems when using virtualization software
1467+ such as Vagrant, Docker, etc.
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14681469You can still use ` fs.watchFile ` , which uses stat polling, but it is slower and
14691470less reliable.
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