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Error: ENOTDIR: not a directory, scandir './commands/setWelcome.js'

I am trying to create a moderation bot and I face a error that shows I don't have commands and setWelcome file in my project even when I do. Here is the complete error -

node:internal/fs/utils:344
    throw err;
    ^

Error: ENOTDIR: not a directory, scandir './commands/setWelcome.js'
    at Object.readdirSync (node:fs:1390:3)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/home/runner/Him/index.js:12:26)
    at Module._compile (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1095:14)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1147:10)
    at Module.load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:975:32)
    at Function.Module._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:822:12)
    at Function.executeUserEntryPoint [as runMain] (node:internal/modules/run_main:81:12)
    at node:internal/main/run_main_module:17:47 {
  errno: -20,
  syscall: 'scandir',
  code: 'ENOTDIR',
  path: './commands/setWelcome.js'
}

Here is my code in index.js -

const fs = require('fs');
const Discord = require('discord.js');

const client = new Discord.Client({ intents: ["GUILDS", "GUILD_MESSAGES"] });

client.commands = new Discord.Collection();

const commandFolders = fs.readdirSync('./commands');

for (const folder of commandFolders) {
    const commandFiles = fs.readdirSync(`./commands/${folder}`).filter(file => file.endsWith('.js'));
    for (const file of commandFiles) {
        const command = require(`./commands/${folder}/${file}`);
        client.commands.set(command.name, command);
    }
}

client.once('ready', (c) => {
    console.log(`Logged in as ${c.user.tag}`);
});

client.on('messageCreate', message => {
//My command handler code here
});
client.login(process.env.TOKEN);

and, My setWelcome.js file is completely empty

Here is my project directory -

index.js//file
commands//folder and then inside commands 
   setWelcome.js //file

and yes, I do have package.json and package-lock.json files. I would be really grateful to anyone who helps, Thank you! by the way.. I am using repl.it for this project

about 4 years ago · Juan Pablo Isaza
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It seems like you are trying to loop through your folder in two conflicting ways (you are using two nested for loops). This would make sense if the commands folder contained subfolders that contained the files you want to target. However, since your command files are directly inside your commands folder, one loop will suffice.

The readdirSync function expects a path to a directory and returns a list of its content as described in the fs documentation, but ./commands/${folder} is already a path to a file inside the commands folder. The following should help:

\\create a list of files in command directory that end with .js

const commandFiles = fs.readdirSync(`./commands/`).filter(file => file.endsWith('.js'));

\\loop over items in the list

for (const file of commandFiles) {
    const command = require(`./commands/${file}`);
    client.commands.set(command.name, command);
}

Note: Maybe the trailing backslash in ./commands/ should be omitted. Please comment if so.

about 4 years ago · Juan Pablo Isaza Report
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