Lesson 5: ERROR: EISDIR: illegal operation on a directory, read.

[nicolasCinzer]

Hi everyone! I been following the steps to compile the smart contract SimpleStorage.sol, first time compiled succes, but then i tried to run it again and get this error:

yarn run v1.22.15
warning package.json: No license field
$ yarn solcjs --bin -—abi —-include-path node_modules/ —-base-path . -o . SimpleStorage.sol
warning package.json: No license field
$ /home/nicolascinzer/hardhat-fcc/ethers-simple-storage/node_modules/.bin/solcjs --bin -—abi —-include-path node_modules/ —-base-path . -o . SimpleStorage.sol
Error reading node_modules/: Error: EISDIR: illegal operation on a directory, read
error Command failed with exit code 1.
info Visit https://yarnpkg.com/en/docs/cli/run for documentation about this command.
error Command failed with exit code 1.
info Visit https://yarnpkg.com/en/docs/cli/run for documentation about this command.

Googled it but left with no solution.

Anyone can help me?

Thx guys!!

[krakxn]

EISDIR stands for "Error, Is Directory". This means that yarn is trying to do something to a file but it is a directory.
Let me know if this helped.

[nicolasCinzer]

Yeah, googling i understand what its happening, but... I dont know why this error shows up, i follow exactly each step, the first time work and compile was succesfully, but suddenly this error shows up, dunno why now solc is having problems with node_modules 😕.

Thx for helping anyways!!

[krakxn]

Do not worry about compiling - just understand the concept behind it. Because as you are introduced to Hardhat, it will be much easier. This is just a sample program to demonstrate how you can use smart contracts, and deploying them.

[nicolasCinzer]

Oh, thats mean a lot to me, thx bro! I was struggling about this error and getting so negative lol.

I love this community! Thx again!!!!!

[krakxn]

That's okay, whenever there are problems and none of the debugging methods work, just open a discussion here - goodluck with the course!! (not giving up is the best advice I can give, it is very daunting at first haha)

Also, close this discussion whenever you feel like it.

[nicolasCinzer]

Gonna let it open in case someone has the same problem! and an answer! Thx for the advice!

[nicolasCinzer]

Okey guys, in my case, this problem can be solved by just type the command in the console, avoid the shortcut created on the package.json.

[krakxn]

Okey guys, in my case, this problem can be solved by just type the command in the console, avoid the shortcut created on the package.json.

Did that error show when you did yarn compile?

[nicolasCinzer]

Yep @krakxn

[krakxn]

Can you send your hardhat.config.js file here? Also, try deleting yarn.lock

[nicolasCinzer]

Dont have any hardhat.config.js yet, i think im about to head in this haha Currently starting to deploy to a testnet lol!

Btw, why delete yarn.lock?

[krakxn]

Dont have any hardhat.config.js yet, i think im about to head in this haha Currently starting to deploy to a testnet lol!

Btw, why delete yarn.lock?

1: I see, how about package.json, if you have that?

2: If there is an issue with the dependencies.