Windows - Unable to set up my environment to add support for a new mod (No such file or directory)

[mickdekkers]

Every step outlined on the wiki works fine without errors until the final step of part 2; "Set up your environment".

When I try to execute the command ./scripts/server, I get this:

Waffles@DESKTOP-MH6IAHO /C/Users/Waffles/Documents/Projects/modding/minecraft/crafting-guide/crafting-guide (master) $ ./scripts/server
sh: ./scripts/server: No such file or directory

If I check the ./scripts directory, I can see that there is indeed no server file there:

Waffles@DESKTOP-MH6IAHO /C/Users/Waffles/Documents/Projects/modding/minecraft/crafting-guide/crafting-guide (master) $ cd ./scripts && ls
deploy  publish  s3_upload  start  use_local_deps

[andrewminer]

Thanks for pointing that out! I recently made some changes to the build system, and I clearly missed a spot updating the documentation. You need to run grunt clean start at that place. I've also updated the documentation.

[mickdekkers]

Glad to help, but unfortunately the issue does not seem to be resolved. I'm getting a similar error when I run grunt clean start:

Waffles@DESKTOP-MH6IAHO /C/Users/Waffles/Documents/Projects/modding/minecraft/crafting-guide/crafting-guide (master) $ grunt clean start
Running "clean:assets" (clean) task
>> 1 path cleaned.

Running "clean:build" (clean) task
>> 1 path cleaned.

Running "clean:dist" (clean) task
>> 0 paths cleaned.

Running "clean:templates" (clean) task
>> 1 path cleaned.

Running "jade:pages" (jade) task
>> 1 file created.

Running "jade:templates" (jade) task
>> 1 file created.

Running "copy:assets_build" (copy) task
Created 2 directories, copied 23 files

Running "copy:common_source" (copy) task
Copied 4 files

Running "copy:server_source" (copy) task
Copied 4 files

Running "sass_globbing:all" (sass_globbing) task

Running "sass:all" (sass) task

Running "browserify:external" task

Running "browserify:internal" task

Running "script:start" task
Fatal error: spawn .\scripts\start ENOENT

[andrewminer]

Are you running in the DOS shell, or in some kind of UNIX shell (e.g., Cygwin)? This build process is intended for a UNIX shell of some kind (e.g., MacOS X or Linux).

[andrewminer]

Also, can you verify that you do in fact have a /scripts/start script in your crafting-guide repository?

[mickdekkers]

I'm running these commands in Git for Windows' Git Bash (MINGW32). There does appear to be a file called start in the /scripts directory, these are the contents of that file:

#!/bin/bash

pushd './build/' &>/dev/null
clear
nodemon ./server.coffee $*
echo ''
popd &>/dev/null

If I ls in Git Bash, I can also see the file:

Waffles@DESKTOP-MH6IAHO /C/Users/Waffles/Documents/Projects/modding/minecraft/crafting-guide/crafting-guide (master) $ cd ./scripts && ls
deploy  publish  s3_upload  start  use_local_deps

[andrewminer]

Hmm. Try adding -x to the end of the first line of the start script and run it directly from the root of your repository:

> ./scripts/start

You should see it spew out each line it's going to execute as it does so. The output might help us to understand where you're getting that error message from. It's almost certainly something to do with being on a Windows machine which the GitHub shell doesn't entirely compensate for. You might try downloading Cygwin and giving that a try instead. It's very old and reliable UNIX shell emulator for Windows.

[mickdekkers]

Interesting, running the script directly from Git Bash worked. The server booted and seems to be running fine. Looks like it's just Grunt that can't find the file for whatever reason.