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fs.rename unable to rename directories with contents on Windows 10

So I've seen several questions similar to this issue but I haven't found anything that quite fixes it.

I'm able to rename a directory with node.js as long as the directory is empty. Once I add contents, I get the error: EPERM: operation not permitted. If I delete the contents, I regain the ability to rename. Is there something simple I'm missing here? Nothing crazy in the code... just can't rename a directory if it has contents.

app.post('/rename', function(req, res, next) {
    let _target = req.body.target,
        _from = req.body.from,
        _to = req.body.to;
    
    fs.renameSync(
        'public/' + _target + '/' + _from,
        'public/' + _target + '/' + _to,
        function(err, data) {
            if (err) { sLog(err); return }
            res.send('File Renamed');
        }
    );
});

-- EDIT --

The issue is when the directory has sub directories. Files in the directory to rename don't seem to affect the action

Solution

  • The issue is that I was using nodemon instead of node. Apparently, as a listener, it was locking the files... once I ran everything as node, it functioned as expected.