'iron create' command not working properly on Ubuntu 14.04

[gitxav]

When running iron create project_name I get the following error:

Creating project app... \ Meteor app created created subastas0/app/client created subastas0/app/client/.gitkeep created subastas0/app/client/collections created subastas0/app/client/collections/.gitkeep created subastas0/app/client/head.html created subastas0/app/client/lib created subastas0/app/client/lib/.gitkeep created subastas0/app/client/stylesheets created subastas0/app/client/stylesheets/.gitkeep created subastas0/app/client/templates created subastas0/app/client/templates/.gitkeep created subastas0/app/client/templates/layouts created subastas0/app/client/templates/layouts/master_layout created subastas0/app/client/templates/layouts/master_layout/master_layout.html created subastas0/app/client/templates/layouts/master_layout/master_layout.js created subastas0/app/client/templates/shared created subastas0/app/client/templates/shared/loading created subastas0/app/client/templates/shared/loading/loading.html created subastas0/app/client/templates/shared/not_found created subastas0/app/client/templates/shared/not_found/not_found.html created subastas0/app/lib created subastas0/app/lib/.gitkeep created subastas0/app/lib/collections created subastas0/app/lib/collections/.gitkeep created subastas0/app/lib/controllers created subastas0/app/lib/controllers/.gitkeep created subastas0/app/lib/routes.js created subastas0/app/packages created subastas0/app/packages/.gitkeep created subastas0/app/private created subastas0/app/private/.gitkeep created subastas0/app/public created subastas0/app/public/.gitkeep created subastas0/app/server created subastas0/app/server/.gitkeep created subastas0/app/server/bootstrap.js created subastas0/app/server/collections created subastas0/app/server/collections/.gitkeep created subastas0/app/server/lib created subastas0/app/server/lib/.gitkeep created subastas0/app/server/publish.js created app/client/templates/home created app/client/templates/home/home.html Error creating file ... Error: EISDIR: illegal operation on a directory, open '/home/dedalus/Meteorjs' /usr/local/lib/node_modules/iron-meteor/node_modules/fibers/future.js:267 throw(ex); ^

Error: EISDIR: illegal operation on a directory, open '/home/dedalus/Meteorjs' at Error (native) at Object.fs.openSync (fs.js:584:18) at Object.fs.writeFileSync (fs.js:1224:33) at Generator.createFile (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/iron-meteor/lib/tools/file_system.js:34:8) at Generator.template (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/iron-meteor/lib/tools/file_system.js:368:18) at Generator. (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/iron-meteor/lib/generators/template.js:32:8) at Generator.invoke (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/iron-meteor/lib/command.js:111:26) at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/iron-meteor/lib/generator.js:90:34 at Object.CurrentConfig.withValue (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/iron-meteor/lib/config.js:65:13) at Object.CurrentConfig.withConfigFile (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/iron-meteor/lib/config.js:96:17)

I'm working on Ubuntu 14.04 with Meteor 1.2.1 and Nodejs 5.5.0

I'll really appreciate any advice to fix the issue.

[ghost]

Same issue on Windows 8.1 immediately after updating to Meteor 1.3

[elie-h]

Any luck? I'm having the exact same issue as well on OSX, Node 4.4.2, Meteor 1.3.

[comefectiva]

I'm having the same issue on Ubuntu 14.04, Node 4.4.2, Meteor 1.3.1, Iron 1.5.2

`/usr/lib/node_modules/iron-meteor/node_modules/fibers/future.js:267 throw(ex); ^

Error: EISDIR: illegal operation on a directory, unlink 'radiocoomevatv/app/client' at Error (native) at Object.fs.unlinkSync (fs.js:932:18) at /usr/lib/nodemodules/iron-meteor/lib/tools/meteor.js:35:10 at Function..each._.forEach (/usr/lib/node_modules/iron-meteor/node_modules/underscore/underscore.js:153:9) at Command.createEmptyMeteorProject (/usr/lib/node_modules/iron-meteor/lib/tools/meteor.js:32:7) at /usr/lib/node_modules/iron-meteor/lib/commands/init.js:63:10 at Object.CurrentConfig.withValue (/usr/lib/node_modules/iron-meteor/lib/config.js:65:13) at Command. (/usr/lib/node_modules/iron-meteor/lib/commands/init.js:58:24) at Command.invoke (/usr/lib/node_modules/iron-meteor/lib/command.js:111:26) at Command. (/usr/lib/node_modules/iron-meteor/lib/commands/create.js:15:37) `

[comefectiva]

This is a temporal solution:

If you cd into the app folder and execute iron init iron-cli can finish the installation successfully, you need to do this after the crash error.

This shoudn't be the right way but is a temporal solution.

[supphavit90]

@comefectiva yes, your solution works for me!

[rof20004]

@comefectiva Worked to mee.

[jospablos]

@comefectiva works for me as well, thanks!

[krlicmuhamed]

I am getting similar issue.

l0oky@laptop:~/Projects/nodejs/src/imasoft.ba$ iron create web
created web
created web/.iron
created web/.iron/config.json
created web/bin
created web/bin/.gitkeep
created web/build
created web/build/.gitkeep
created web/build/README
created web/config
created web/config/.gitkeep
created web/config/development
created web/config/development/env.sh
created web/config/development/settings.json
created web/config/production
created web/config/production/env.sh
created web/config/production/settings.json
Creating project  app... \
/usr/local/lib/node_modules/iron-meteor/node_modules/fibers/future.js:267
                        throw(ex);
                        ^

Error: EISDIR: illegal operation on a directory, unlink 'web/app/client'
    at Error (native)
    at Object.fs.unlinkSync (fs.js:980:18)
    at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/iron-meteor/lib/tools/meteor.js:35:10
    at Function._.each._.forEach (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/iron-meteor/node_modules/underscore/underscore.js:153:9)
    at Command.createEmptyMeteorProject (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/iron-meteor/lib/tools/meteor.js:32:7)
    at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/iron-meteor/lib/commands/init.js:63:10
    at Object.CurrentConfig.withValue (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/iron-meteor/lib/config.js:65:13)
    at Command.<anonymous> (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/iron-meteor/lib/commands/init.js:58:24)
    at Command.invoke (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/iron-meteor/lib/command.js:111:26)
    at Command.<anonymous> (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/iron-meteor/lib/commands/create.js:15:37)

I even tried @comefectiva solution:

l0oky@laptop:~/Projects/nodejs/src/imasoft.ba/web$ iron init
created .iron
created .iron/config.json
created bin
created bin/.gitkeep
created build
created build/.gitkeep
created build/README
created config
created config/.gitkeep
created config/development
created config/development/env.sh
created config/development/settings.json
created config/production
created config/production/env.sh
created config/production/settings.json
Creating project  app... |
/usr/local/lib/node_modules/iron-meteor/node_modules/fibers/future.js:267
                        throw(ex);
                        ^

Error: EISDIR: illegal operation on a directory, unlink '/home/l0oky/Projects/nodejs/src/imasoft.ba/web/app/client'
    at Error (native)
    at Object.fs.unlinkSync (fs.js:980:18)
    at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/iron-meteor/lib/tools/meteor.js:35:10
    at Function._.each._.forEach (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/iron-meteor/node_modules/underscore/underscore.js:153:9)
    at Command.createEmptyMeteorProject (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/iron-meteor/lib/tools/meteor.js:32:7)
    at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/iron-meteor/lib/commands/init.js:63:10
    at Object.CurrentConfig.withValue (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/iron-meteor/lib/config.js:65:13)
    at Command.<anonymous> (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/iron-meteor/lib/commands/init.js:58:24)
    at Command.invoke (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/iron-meteor/lib/command.js:111:26)
    at Command.run (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/iron-meteor/lib/command.js:91:21)

What should I do? iron-meteor was working great a few days ago...

[FrDarryl]

Just a clarification/disambiguation comment to help others like me who sometimes take still others' comments too literally!

I'm running iron-cli on DigitalOcean droplet. FWIW, Linux 4.4.0-22-generic #39-Ubuntu (16.04) x86_64:

**191:frdarryl@ifordparish:~/apps/

** uname -a

Linux ifordparish.org.uk 4.4.0-22-generic #39-Ubuntu SMP Thu May 5 16:53:32 UTC 2016 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux **192:frdarryl@ifordparish:~/apps/

**

Here's the version of iron-meteor installed:

**192:frdarryl@ifordparish:~/apps/

** npm list -g iron-meteor

/usr/local/lib └── iron-meteor@1.5.2 **193:frdarryl@ifordparish:~/apps/

**

Scary to get such an error on scaffold creation! Hope generating other stuff, e.g., views, isn't affected.

Anyhow, FYI, the work-around 'iron init' fails if I run from within the actual directory whose name is 'app', i.e., '/{project_name}/app'. I had to run 'iron init' from the newly created project's root dir. I was also asked to confirm overwriting some files created with 'init create {project-name}'.

**193:frdarryl@ifordparish:~/apps/

** iron create ifordparish

created ifordparish created ifordparish/.iron created ifordparish/.iron/config.json created ifordparish/bin created ifordparish/bin/.gitkeep created ifordparish/build created ifordparish/build/.gitkeep created ifordparish/build/README created ifordparish/config created ifordparish/config/.gitkeep created ifordparish/config/development created ifordparish/config/development/env.sh created ifordparish/config/development/settings.json created ifordparish/config/production created ifordparish/config/production/env.sh created ifordparish/config/production/settings.json Creating project app... | /usr/local/lib/node_modules/iron-meteor/node_modules/fibers/future.js:267 throw(ex); ^

Error: EISDIR: illegal operation on a directory, unlink 'ifordparish/app/client' at Error (native) at Object.fs.unlinkSync (fs.js:932:18) at /usr/local/lib/nodemodules/iron-meteor/lib/tools/meteor.js:35:10 at Function..each._.forEach (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/iron-meteor/node_modules/underscore/underscore.js:153:9) at Command.createEmptyMeteorProject (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/iron-meteor/lib/tools/meteor.js:32:7) at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/iron-meteor/lib/commands/init.js:63:10 at Object.CurrentConfig.withValue (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/iron-meteor/lib/config.js:65:13) at Command. (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/iron-meteor/lib/commands/init.js:58:24) at Command.invoke (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/iron-meteor/lib/command.js:111:26) at Command. (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/iron-meteor/lib/commands/create.js:15:37) **194:frdarryl@ifordparish:~/apps/

** cd ifordparish/

**195:frdarryl@ifordparish:~/apps/ifordparish/

** iron init

/home/frdarryl/apps/ifordparish/.iron/config.json already exists. Do you want to overwrite it? [yn]: y created .iron/config.json /home/frdarryl/apps/ifordparish/bin/.gitkeep already exists. Do you want to overwrite it? [yn]: y created bin/.gitkeep /home/frdarryl/apps/ifordparish/build/.gitkeep already exists. Do you want to overwrite it? [yn]: y created build/.gitkeep /home/frdarryl/apps/ifordparish/build/README already exists. Do you want to overwrite it? [yn]: y created build/README /home/frdarryl/apps/ifordparish/config/.gitkeep already exists. Do you want to overwrite it? [yn]: y created config/.gitkeep /home/frdarryl/apps/ifordparish/config/development/env.sh already exists. Do you want to overwrite it? [yn]: y created config/development/env.sh /home/frdarryl/apps/ifordparish/config/development/settings.json already exists. Do you want to overwrite it? [yn]: y created config/development/settings.json /home/frdarryl/apps/ifordparish/config/production/env.sh already exists. Do you want to overwrite it? [yn]: y created config/production/env.sh /home/frdarryl/apps/ifordparish/config/production/settings.json already exists. Do you want to overwrite it? [yn]: y created config/production/settings.json Meteor project already exists at "/home/frdarryl/apps/ifordparish/app" created app/client/.gitkeep created app/client/collections created app/client/collections/.gitkeep created app/client/head.html created app/client/lib created app/client/lib/.gitkeep created app/client/stylesheets created app/client/stylesheets/.gitkeep created app/client/templates created app/client/templates/.gitkeep created app/client/templates/layouts created app/client/templates/layouts/master_layout created app/client/templates/layouts/master_layout/master_layout.html created app/client/templates/layouts/master_layout/master_layout.js created app/client/templates/shared created app/client/templates/shared/loading created app/client/templates/shared/loading/loading.html created app/client/templates/shared/not_found created app/client/templates/shared/not_found/not_found.html created app/lib created app/lib/.gitkeep created app/lib/collections created app/lib/collections/.gitkeep created app/lib/controllers created app/lib/controllers/.gitkeep created app/lib/routes.js created app/packages created app/packages/.gitkeep created app/private created app/private/.gitkeep created app/public created app/public/.gitkeep created app/server/.gitkeep created app/server/bootstrap.js created app/server/collections created app/server/collections/.gitkeep created app/server/lib created app/server/lib/.gitkeep created app/server/publish.js created app/client/templates/home created app/client/templates/home/home.html created app/client/templates/home/home.js created app/client/templates/home/home.css created app/lib/controllers/home_controller.js updated /home/frdarryl/apps/ifordparish/app/lib/routes.js created app/lib/methods.js created app/server/methods.js Installing the package iron:router... / Changes to your project's package version selections:

iron:controller added, version 1.0.12 iron:core added, version 1.0.11 iron:dynamic-template added, version 1.0.12 iron:layout added, version 1.0.12 iron:location added, version 1.0.11 iron:middleware-stack added, version 1.0.11 iron:router added, version 1.0.12 iron:url added, version 1.0.11 reactive-dict added, version 1.1.7

iron:router: Routing specifically designed for Meteor

✔ iron:router created app/client/stylesheets/main.css **196:frdarryl@ifordparish:~/apps/ifordparish/

**

[vitaliy-kuzmich]

I have the same case. /usr/lib/node_modules/iron-meteor/node_modules/fibers/future.js:267 throw(ex); ^

Error: EISDIR: illegal operation on a directory, unlink 'postme-cli/app/client'

[badmark]

Followed instruction, after over writing files, I receive the following error:

Installing the package  iron:router... /
/home/mark/.nvm/versions/node/v6.5.0/lib/node_modules/iron-meteor/node_modules/fibers/future.js:300
                        throw(ex);
Error: Command failed: meteor add iron:router
Problem! This project does not have a .meteor/release file. The file should
either contain the release of Meteor that you want to use, or the word 'none'
if you will only use the project with unreleased checkouts of Meteor. Please
edit the .meteor/release file in the project and change it to a valid Meteor
release or 'none'.

CD'ing into the 'app/' folder and running meteor add iron:routing returns the same '.meteor/release' error as above.

[chrisbutler]

this should be fixed now in 1.6.0