{"record":{"id":"d231a800d3c219ce","repo":"kubernetes/kops","slug":"error-creating-directory-q-v","errorCode":null,"errorMessage":"error creating directory %q: %v","messagePattern":"error creating directory %q: (.+?)","errorType":"exception","errorClass":null,"httpStatus":null,"severity":"error","filePath":"upup/pkg/fi/nodeup/nodetasks/file.go","lineNumber":284,"sourceCode":"\t\t\t// That's probably a good thing for now ... it is hard to know what to do here!\n\t\t\tklog.Infof(\"Creating symlink %q -> %q\", e.Path, *changes.Symlink)\n\t\t\terr := os.Symlink(*changes.Symlink, e.Path)\n\t\t\tif err != nil {\n\t\t\t\treturn fmt.Errorf(\"error creating symlink %q -> %q: %v\", e.Path, *changes.Symlink, err)\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\tchanged = true\n\t\t}\n\tcase FileType_Directory:\n\t\tif a == nil {\n\t\t\tparent := filepath.Dir(strings.TrimSuffix(e.Path, \"/\"))\n\t\t\terr := os.MkdirAll(parent, dirMode)\n\t\t\tif err != nil {\n\t\t\t\treturn fmt.Errorf(\"error creating parent directories %q: %v\", parent, err)\n\t\t\t}\n\n\t\t\terr = os.MkdirAll(e.Path, fileMode)\n\t\t\tif err != nil {\n\t\t\t\treturn fmt.Errorf(\"error creating directory %q: %v\", e.Path, err)\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\tchanged = true\n\t\t}\n\tcase FileType_File:\n\t\tif changes.Contents != nil {\n\t\t\terr = fi.WriteFile(e.Path, e.Contents, fileMode, dirMode, fi.ValueOf(e.Owner), fi.ValueOf(e.Group))\n\t\t\tif err != nil {\n\t\t\t\treturn fmt.Errorf(\"error copying file %q: %v\", e.Path, err)\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\tchanged = true\n\t\t}\n\tdefault:\n\t\treturn fmt.Errorf(\"File type=%q not valid/supported\", e.Type)\n\t}\n\n\tif changes.Mode != nil {\n\t\tmodeChanged, err := fi.EnsureFileMode(e.Path, fileMode)\n\t\tif err != nil {","sourceCodeStart":266,"sourceCodeEnd":302,"githubUrl":"https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/blob/4c8573c808a73d578c5eadc86d410646ea0b0d73/upup/pkg/fi/nodeup/nodetasks/file.go#L266-L302","documentation":"Error \"error creating directory %q: %v\" thrown in kubernetes/kops.","triggerScenarios":"Thrown at upup/pkg/fi/nodeup/nodetasks/file.go:284 when the library encounters an invalid state.","commonSituations":"See trigger scenarios.","solutions":[],"exampleFix":null,"handlingStrategy":null,"validationCode":null,"typeGuard":null,"tryCatchPattern":null,"preventionTips":[],"tags":[],"backgroundTag":null,"analyzedSha":"4c8573c808a73d578c5eadc86d410646ea0b0d73","analyzedAt":"2026-09-05T04:13:19.212Z","contentChangedAt":"2026-09-05T04:13:19.212Z","schemaVersion":2},"datasetVersion":"2026-09-12T12:17:11.808Z"}