{"record":{"id":"3a895b1f50cb4f43","repo":"GoogleContainerTools/skaffold","slug":"writing-q-to-q-w","errorCode":null,"errorMessage":"writing %q to %q: %w","messagePattern":"writing %q to %q: %w","errorType":"console","errorClass":null,"httpStatus":null,"severity":"error","filePath":"cmd/skaffold/app/cmd/credits/export.go","lineNumber":56,"sourceCode":"\t\tnewPath := path.Join(Path, strings.Replace(filePath, \"assets/credits_generated\", \"\", 1))\n\t\tif dirEntry.IsDir() {\n\t\t\terr := os.Mkdir(newPath, 0755)\n\t\t\tif err != nil && !os.IsExist(err) {\n\t\t\t\treturn fmt.Errorf(\"creating directory %q: %w\", newPath, err)\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t} else {\n\t\t\tfile, err := fs.AssetsFS.Open(filePath)\n\t\t\tif err != nil {\n\t\t\t\treturn fmt.Errorf(\"opening %q in embedded filesystem: %w\", filePath, err)\n\t\t\t}\n\n\t\t\tbuf, err := io.ReadAll(file)\n\t\t\tif err != nil {\n\t\t\t\treturn fmt.Errorf(\"reading %q in embedded filesystem: %w\", filePath, err)\n\t\t\t}\n\n\t\t\tif err := os.WriteFile(newPath, buf, 0664); err != nil {\n\t\t\t\treturn fmt.Errorf(\"writing %q to %q: %w\", filePath, newPath, err)\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t}\n\t\treturn nil\n\t}); err != nil {\n\t\treturn err\n\t}\n\n\ts, err := filepath.Abs(Path)\n\tif err != nil {\n\t\treturn err\n\t}\n\n\tlog.Printf(\"Successfully exported third party notices to %s\", s)\n\treturn nil\n}\n","sourceCodeStart":38,"sourceCodeEnd":72,"githubUrl":"https://github.com/GoogleContainerTools/skaffold/blob/a1189de023efc32d4b8e11f395acc678aa555011/cmd/skaffold/app/cmd/credits/export.go#L38-L72","documentation":"Wraps an os.WriteFile failure when copying an embedded asset to the export directory during `skaffold credits export`. The error reflects OS-level problems creating or writing newPath: missing parent directory, insufficient permissions, or disk-full. The wrapped err is the raw *os.PathError.","triggerScenarios":"`skaffold credits export <dir>` attempts os.WriteFile(newPath, buf, 0664) and the OS returns EACCES, ENOENT (target dir absent), EISDIR, or ENOSPC.","commonSituations":"Export target directory is read-only or owned by another user; the target path exists as a directory; running inside a container with a read-only mount; disk quota exceeded on the export volume.","solutions":["Verify the export directory exists and is writable (ls -ld <dir>, touch <dir>/.probe)","Check free disk space (df -h) and quota on the target filesystem","Ensure newPath is not a directory / remove the conflicting entry","Run with sufficient permissions or choose a different export directory"],"exampleFix":"// before\nskaffold credits export /etc/readonly-dir  // EACCES\n// after\nmkdir -p ~/skaffold-credits && chmod u+w ~/skaffold-credits\nskaffold credits export ~/skaffold-credits","handlingStrategy":"validation","validationCode":"// preflight the export target\ninfo, err := os.Stat(exportDir)\nif err != nil { return err }\nif !info.IsDir() { return fmt.Errorf(\"%s is not a directory\", exportDir) }\nif err := os.WriteFile(filepath.Join(exportDir, \".probe\"), nil, 0664); err != nil {\n    return fmt.Errorf(\"export dir not writable: %w\", err)\n}","typeGuard":null,"tryCatchPattern":"if err := os.WriteFile(newPath, buf, 0664); err != nil {\n    var pe *fs.PathError\n    if errors.As(err, &pe) && errors.Is(pe.Err, syscall.EACCES) {\n        // fall back to a user-writable temp dir\n    }\n    return err\n}","preventionTips":["Export to a user-writable directory, not system paths","Check disk space (df -h) before large exports","Ensure the target path is not itself a directory"],"tags":["go","filesystem","permissions"],"backgroundTag":"permission-denied-write","analyzedSha":"a1189de023efc32d4b8e11f395acc678aa555011","analyzedAt":"2026-09-05T12:09:27.064Z","contentChangedAt":"2026-09-05T12:09:27.064Z","schemaVersion":2},"datasetVersion":"2026-09-12T17:17:11.597Z"}