Error while trying to delete node_modules folder #4485

antonis created 7 years ago

I am using windows 10 and whenever I want to delete node_modules I get the following error:

Invalid MS-Dos function which is cause by the datamaps folder. Check the attachment. Does anyone knows how can I delete this datamaps?

Thanks

0

yekalkan created 7 years ago

Hi,

<a class="postlink" href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/17883481/delete-a-file-named-nul-on-windows">https://stackoverflow.com/questions/178 ... on-windows</a>

i'm not sure if this works but it's a known issue.
0

rattlehub created 7 years ago

The problem is the 2 files with the name nul.

If you cant delete a null file run the following command . rename \.\C:\Projects\Company.Product.Web.MVC\node_modules\datamaps\src\js\deletefile\nul.json deletefile.txt

Then just delete the deletefile.txt
0

manojreddy created 7 years ago

Run npm uninstall datamaps in command prompt. It will delete nil.json and nil.topo.jdon. These two files are causing issue.
0

alper created 7 years ago
Support Team

hi,

Answered on this post => #4434@a108f772-b560-46f2-b470-67cc80b42cf1
0

alexanderpilhar created 6 years ago

I use rimraf ([https://github.com/isaacs/rimraf])) to delete node_modules. Deletes stuff in node_modules when everything else fails.
0

kevinfarrow created 6 years ago

I used Visual Studio Code. Just browse to the folder, right click and 'delete' each each file
0

ismcagdas created 6 years ago
Support Team

I also use <a class="postlink" href="https://github.com/isaacs/rimraf">https://github.com/isaacs/rimraf</a>, it is faster than regular delete operation.

Have an answer to this question? Log in and write your answer.