EBUSY: resource busy or locked, lstat 'C:\hiberfil.sys'

Question

I am trying to publish an npm package but I keep getting this error.

Any idea how I can fix it. please help me.

thanks in advance.

error

EBUSY
 all lstat
 C:\hiberfil.sys
 -4082
  EBUSY: resource busy or locked, lstat 'C:\hiberfil.sys'

Answer 1

I had similar issues, try this:

1. Remove node_modules directory, package-lock.json file.
2. Run npm install
3. Run npm cache clean --force