CGB won't install project properly

[youngmicroserf]

Hi,

while trying to create a project with cgb using npx create-guten-block my-block on a current node/npm install on win10 pro 64, the process is constantly aborting after step 2 with the exact same error documented below (and described in this thread: https://github.com/ahmadawais/create-guten-block/issues/34):

• The node module fs-extra is trying to execute a file operation on a directory
• which leads to en EISDIR error that ends execution of cgb half way through the process without copying the plugin files.

I'm bringing this up despite the previous thread because this is happening in a new install after a long time, and because there was no hint at a solution in the previous thread. Maybe some new information has emerged since then. However, the only relevant information I could find was the issue-thread indicated above.

If so, I'd be grateful for some info and help.

1. node -v: 12.13.1

2. npm -v: 6.12.1

3. npm ls cgb-scripts (if you haven’t ejected):-- cgb-scripts@1.22.0

4. Operating system: WIN 10 PRO 64

This is the error message:

- 3. Creating plugin files...ERROR on templatePromise → Error: EISDIR: illegal operation on a directory, readlink 'O:\xampp\htdocs\my_wp\wp-content\plugins\my-block' at Object.readlinkSync (fs.js:934:3) at checkDest (O:\xampp\htdocs\my_wp\wp-content\plugins\my-block\node_modules\fs-extra\lib\copy-sync\copy-sync.js:183:23) at onDir (O:\xampp\htdocs\my_wp\wp-content\plugins\my-block\node_modules\fs-extra\lib\copy-sync\copy-sync.js:110:24) at getStats (O:\xampp\htdocs\my_wp\wp-content\plugins\my-block\node_modules\fs-extra\lib\copy-sync\copy-sync.js:48:32) at startCopy (O:\xampp\htdocs\my_wp\wp-content\plugins\my-block\node_modules\fs-extra\lib\copy-sync\copy-sync.js:41:10) at Object.copySync (O:\xampp\htdocs\my_wp\wp-content\plugins\my-block\node_modules\fs-extra\lib\copy-sync\copy-sync.js:36:10) at O:\xampp\htdocs\my_wp\wp-content\plugins\my-block\node_modules\cgb-scripts\scripts\init.js:41:7 at new Promise (<anonymous>) at copyTemplateFiles (O:\xampp\htdocs\my_wp\wp-content\plugins\my-block\node_modules\cgb-scripts\scripts\init.js:36:26) at module.exports (O:\xampp\htdocs\my_wp\wp-content\plugins\my-block\node_modules\cgb-scripts\scripts\init.js:168:8) { errno: -4068, syscall: 'readlink', code: 'EISDIR', path: 'O:\\xampp\\htdocs\\my_wp\\wp-content\\plugins\\my-block' }

[youngmicroserf]

I eventually managed to solve this: it's an error that occured when I tried to use create-guten-block from within a directory that is not the home drive. In other words creating the block scaffolding on c:/ works, creating it on o:/ throws errors, for some unknown reason.