EISDIR: illegal operation on a directory, read

[spyesx]

Hello :)

Thank you for crypticker. I like the idea.

However I'm facing a weird problem. I've created ~/.crypticker/options.json with the exact JSON you provide in this repo.

Unfortunately I have this :

npm ls crypticker
/Users/spyesx
└── (empty)

But! If this folder and files are created I have an error like :

$ crypticker 
fs.js:656
  var r = binding.read(fd, buffer, offset, length, position);
                  ^

Error: EISDIR: illegal operation on a directory, read
    at Object.fs.readSync (fs.js:656:19)
    at tryReadSync (fs.js:457:20)
    at Object.fs.readFileSync (fs.js:494:19)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/crypticker/index.js:16:27)
    at Module._compile (module.js:571:32)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:580:10)
    at Module.load (module.js:488:32)
    at tryModuleLoad (module.js:447:12)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:439:3)
    at Module.require (module.js:498:17)

I might have missed something. Any idea?

[sblaurock]

Apologies for the delay and thank you for the feedback!

EISDIR occurs when the script is attempting to open a file, but retrieves a directory instead. From what you said above, it looks like you made a folder called .crypticker and placed options.json within it.

What the script is expecting is a file called .crypticker located in your home directory. My apologies, this isn't as clear as it should be within the documentation.

Try moving the options.json file up a directory, and renaming it to .crypticker after removing the directory you created:

mv ~/.crypticker/options.json ~/.crypticker.bak; rm -rf ~/.crypticker; mv ~/.crypticker.bak ~/.crypticker

You could also just write a new options file to ~/.crypticker after removing the existing directory.

Sorry for the confusion, and thank you for raising this.

[sblaurock]

I have published a new version (1.2.4) which contains updates to the readme that should clear up some of the confusion.

Hope this helps. If you have any additional feedback or feature requests, I'd love to hear them!

[spyesx]

it works like a charm :) Thank you!