Rendering process failed, file already exists

[xstefen]

Sorry to resurrect #795 but I have the same issue on any type of generation.

OS: Windows 11 21H2 Publii Version: 0.40.2 (build 15735)

Rendering process failed
An error occurred during rendering process:
EEXIST: file already exists, mkdir 'X:\Projects\publii-sites\.previews'

Rendering process failed
An error occurred during rendering process:
EEXIST: file already exists, mkdir 'X:\Projects\publii-sites\xstefendev\output'

I've tried setting different dirs, keeping defaults, etc. Same result every time.

Originally posted by @xstefen in https://github.com/GetPublii/Publii/issues/795#issuecomment-1193278797

[xstefen]

Error was caused due to having empty values set for tag prefix, author prefix, and search page. After entering values in for these, site generated successfully.

I would never have guessed that based on the error returned, and looking at the log files proved to be unhelpful as well.

An option to disable these would be nice, I think not everyone cares to use tags etc. I'd submit a PR but trust me, you don't want that from me :)

Thanks for your time and releasing your work for free to use, I appreciate you

[ppp-one]

I'm having similar issues with 0.40.2 (build 15735) for Windows as well. First time trying to render the whole site:

Rendering process failed
An error occurred during rendering process:

EEXIST: file already exists, mkdir 'C:\Users\peter\Documents\Publii\sites\testwebsite\preview\authors'

I see prefixes set under Site settings -> Advanced options -> URLs, but I have values already there. So can't recreate the fix suggested above.

I can preview "front page only", but not the full website.

[ppp-one]

If it's any help for whoever is capable of debugging - I have previously installed node/npm/electron on my laptop prior (for unrelated things) to using Publii. So, I don't know there's somehow some conflict. I tested Publii on a friend's laptop and everything ran fine there, so something odd is happening here. Permissions for the respective directories seem like everything should work 🤷‍♂️

[dziudek]

@xstefen - tags and other page types can be disabled under renderer settings: https://getpublii.com/dev/how-to-configure-rendering-process-of-your-website/

@ppp-one - I have found one place which could cause your issue. I will include this fix in v.0.41.

[slymeasy]

I had this same issue today, but I managed to fix it by replacing the sites folder with a backup I made just 30 minutes prior. I was playing with the Gravatar options and got an error trying to sync and then after that it stopped working and I started getting this error. Thankfully, I managed to create my first back up just minutes earlier.