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The syntax of the command is incorrect

I am trying to run npm start and one of the scripts are 

"build:mkdir": "mkdir -p build/js && mkdir -p build/js/vendor",

then i get this error 

The syntax of the command is incorrect.
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR! errno 1
npm ERR! margo-static@1.0.0 build:mkdir: `mkdir -p build/js && mkdir -p build/js/vendor`
npm ERR! Exit status 1
npm ERR!

any suggestion? my platform is windows 10 , node version 12.15.0

Solution

  • I know it has been long time but I was checking my questions for this one I think modify the script will solve it

    {


"scripts": {
    "build:mkdir": "mkdirp build/js && mkdirp build/js/vendor"
  },
  "devDependencies": {
    "mkdirp": "^0.5.5"
  }
}

    as the environment is windows The -p option with mkdir command is not recognized by Windows command line and also don't forget to install mkdirp package

    npm install --save-dev mkdirp