Budibase/budibase · error

Path cannot be created: ${err.message}

Error message

Path cannot be created: ${err.message}

What it means

Error "Path cannot be created: ${err.message}" thrown in Budibase/budibase.

Source

Thrown at packages/server/src/utilities/fileSystem/filesystem.ts:107

    relativePath === ".." ||
    relativePath.startsWith(`..${sep}`) ||
    isAbsolute(relativePath)
  ) {
    throw new Error("Path must be within the Budibase temp directory.")
  }

  return resolvedPath
}

export const createTempFolder = (item: string) => {
  const path = fs.mkdtempSync(
    join(budibaseTempDir(), `${sanitizeTempFolderPrefix(item)}-`)
  )
  try {
    return assertWithinTempDir(path)
  } catch (err: any) {
    fs.rmSync(path, { recursive: true, force: true })
    throw new Error(`Path cannot be created: ${err.message}`)
  }
}

export const extractTarball = async (fromFilePath: string, toPath: string) => {
  const safePath = assertWithinTempDir(toPath)
  await tar.extract({
    file: fromFilePath,
    C: safePath,
  })
}

/**
 * Find for a file recursively from start path applying filter, return first match
 */
export const findFileRec = (
  startPath: PathLike,
  filter: string
): string | undefined => {

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at packages/server/src/utilities/fileSystem/filesystem.ts:107 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

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