tns livesync android --emulator --watch fails when create new folder

[tsonevn]

From @georgeedwards on June 6, 2016 17:2

Tell us about the problem

When using livesync on windows, if you save files before the last compilation has completed then I get the error:

Unable to sync files. Error is: EISDIR: illegal operation on a directory, read

It doesn't go away with subsequent file change events. However, killing and restarting the livesync works great.

Which platform(s) does your issue occur on?

Android

Please provide the following version numbers that your issue occurs with:

-CLI: 2.0.1
-Cross-platform modules: 2.0.1
-Runtime(s): 2.0.0 (android)

Please tell us how to recreate the issue in as much detail as possible.

I am running Windows 10, then edit two files in the sample groceries, save the first one and then save the second one (very soon after), this creates it for me.

Copied from original issue: NativeScript/NativeScript#2257

[tsonevn]

Hi @georgeedwards ,

Thank you for reporting your problem.
I reviewed your case however I was unable to reproduce the issue. Could you give me more info about this problem.
It would help if you could give me a a sample project, which recreates the problem.

Regards,
@tsonevn

[tsonevn]

From @Metalmate on June 7, 2016 13:25

Hello,

I can reproduce the error, but not the way you described. When livesync --watch is running and you create a new folder in the directory from where the command is running, a.k.a. you livesync a project, and somewhere in that project you create a new directory, this error shows up.

I guess you might have created a directory, or some other program did. Can you reproduce the problem and make sure no directory was created in the process?

CLI: 2.0
OS: Ubuntu 16.04
Android: 2.0.0

[tsonevn]

Hi @Metalmate,
Thank you for the reply

I confirm that this is an real issue for android projects, when you are using tns livesync android --emulator --watch and make new folder in a project while livesync is running.

Regards,
@tsonevn

[georgeedwards]

@Metalmate @tsonevn Yes, that does seem to be the behaviour that causes the issue!

[Bohmaster]

start.livesync.android "Unable to sync files. Error is: EISDIR: illegal operation on a directory, read"

I'm getting this error EVERY time a file changes.

NathanWalker/angular-seed-advanced#148

[m-abs]

start.livescript.android is a task in angular2-seed-advanced that runs "tns livesync android --emulator --watch"

I'm experiencing the same problem as @Bohmaster does, I'm on Linux (Ubuntu and Fedora) but I'm still on tns v2.0.1 (v2.1 breaks something in angular2-seed-advanced for me).

[Bohmaster]

I've tried on Windows and have had the same result.

[Bohmaster]

I leave here the output of:

"tns livesync android --emulator --watch --log trace"

log.txt

I've noticed this error just before EISDIR appears

**Project successfully prepared
AfterHookName for command prepare is after-prepare**

spawn: C:\Users\voidhmaster\AppData\Local\Android\android-sdk\platform-tools\adb "-s" "192.168.155.101:5555" "shell" "ls" "-l" "/data/local/tmp"
Result when throw error is false:
{ stdout: 'drwxrwxrwx root     root              2016-07-03 02:29 com.yourdomain.appname\r\r\n',
  stderr: '',
  exitCode: 0 }
spawn: C:\Users\voidhmaster\AppData\Local\Android\android-sdk\platform-tools\adb "-s" "192.168.155.101:5555" "shell" "rm" "-rf" "/data/local/tmp/com.yourdomain.appname/fullsync" "/data/local/tmp/com.yourdomain.appname/sync" "/data/local/tmp/com.yourdomain.appname/removedsync"
Result when throw error is false:
{ stdout: '', stderr: '', exitCode: 0 }

I've only pasted 2 examples. I get this error a lot of times with different directories.

@tsonevn @m-abs