Paths with parentheses () are not watched - globbing issue

[szalap]

Describe the bug

When I try to add a path with parentheses (f.e. "C:/Demo Projects/Test (1)" ) to be watched by Chokidar it returns with "filepath is not defined" error on add event. Escaping special characters does not help.

Versions (please complete the following information):

• Chokidar version: 3.3.1
• OS version: Windows 10

To Reproduce:

const chokidar = require('chokidar');
const fs = require('fs'); 

chokidar.watch("C:/Demo Projects/Test \\(1\\)", {}).on("add", filepath => handleNewAdded(config, filepath));

Observed behavior Chokidar returns with "filepath is not defined" error on add event.

Expected behavior A folder path with parentheses (1) is being successfully watched.

[paulmillr]

that path seems like invalid glob to me

[szalap]

How so? It's a common scenario where duplicate folder f.e. from unzipping, would get (x) suffix appended to its name by Windows. How else can this path be escaped to pass glob test?

[paulmillr]

Windows doesn't use / in paths, it uses \.

[paulmillr]

How else can this path be escaped to pass glob test?

not sure

[proimage]

Have you tried this variation?

chokidar.watch("C:/Demo Projects/Test \(1\)", {}).on("add", filepath => handleNewAdded(config, filepath));

AFAIK, the backslash escapes the character that follows it, so I believe the double backslashes you had earlier were getting translated into this path: C:\Demo Projects\Test \(1\), or to make it clearer:

C:\
    Demo Projects\
        Test \
            (1\
                )\

[Virgil993]

Has this issue been resolved? Is there a fix? I'm still having trouble trying to watch a path which contains the left parentheses "(".