Temporary files produced by WebStorm IDE crash Toaster in watch mode

[zslayton]

My IDE seems to produce and then immediately delete temporary files at save time. Unfortunately, the appearance/disappearance of this unexpected file crashes Toaster even if I provide the file extension in my excludes array.

I've checked and there doesn't seem to be a way to configure WebStorm to prevent the file's creation like Vim allows.

I can save the toaster.coffee file without issue.

$ toaster -w
[18:32:16] Compiled /Users/z/testbed/ct/r/release/js/r.js
[18:32:21] Changed /Users/z/testbed/ct/r/toaster.coffee
[18:32:22] Compiled /Users/z/testbed/ct/r/release/js/r.js
[18:32:23] Changed /Users/z/testbed/ct/r/toaster.coffee
[18:32:24] Compiled /Users/z/testbed/ct/r/release/js/r.js

fs.js:524
return binding.stat(pathModule.makeLong(path));
^
Error: ENOENT, no such file or directory '/Users/z/testbed/ct/r/src/R/main.coffee___jb_bak__'
at Object.fs.statSync (fs.js:524:18)
at DirWatcher.diff (/usr/local/share/npm/lib/node_modules/coffee-toaster/node_modules/fs-util/lib/fs-util.js:313:21)
at DirWatcher.onchange (/usr/local/share/npm/lib/node_modules/coffee-toaster/node_modules/fs-util/lib/fs-util.js:284:17)
at FSWatcher.__bind (/usr/local/share/npm/lib/node_modules/coffee-toaster/node_modules/fs-util/lib/fs-util.js:4:61)
at FSWatcher.EventEmitter.emit (events.js:99:17)
at FSEvent._handle.onchange (fs.js:826:12)

Toaster's great! I'm hoping I can use its watch feature. Thanks!

[zslayton]

Turns out it is possible to disable temporary file creation in WebStorm:

1. In the [IDE Settings] section of the [Settings] dialog box, click [General].
2. Uncheck the [Use "safe write"] check box.

Now I'm able to use the 'watch' command. It'd still be nice to be able to exclude these files, but I'm happy to have a fix in the meantime.

[arboleya]

Hi @portmanteaufu, sorry for the delay.

Are you using the last version? toaster -v

As I can see the WebStorm creates the backup file with the .coffee___jb_bak___ extension. Is that right?

Please copy'n'paste your toaster.coffee here, it should have worked as far as I'm concerned.

[zslayton]

No trouble! I'm on version 0.6.11. My toaster.coffee is below. I tried a variety of exclude patterns, but didn't seem to have any luck. This one is just the latest.

# => SRC FOLDER
toast 'src'

# EXCLUDED FOLDERS (optional)
# exclude: ['folder/to/exclude', 'another/folder/to/exclude', ... ]
exclude: ['___jb_bak___']

# => VENDORS (optional)
vendors: ['vendor/Detect.js']

# => OPTIONS (optional, default values listed)
#bare: false
#bare: true
# packaging: true
# expose: ''
expose: 'window'
# minify: true
minify: false

# => HTTPFOLDER (optional), RELEASE / DEBUG (required)
httpfolder: '/r/js/r.js'
release: 'r/js/r.js'
debug: 'r/js/r-debug.js'

[arboleya]

Ok, thank you for reporting. Many people have posted problems with that, I'm making a huge refactor in Toaster, so I'll certainly investigate this reasons a little better.

[arboleya]

@portmanteaufu Hi, can you confirm if this issue is still happening with the latest version (0.6.12)? -- this version is set to work only with node v0.10.x.

I don't have the WebStorm IDE but I had simulated this behavior and the file ending with .coffee___jb_bak___ is currently being ignored in Toaster. Actually, anything that doesn't ends with .coffee is ignored.

[arboleya]

@portmanteaufu Hi, I just want to tell you that I'm discontinuing Toaster in favor of it's new fork named Polvo.

More info here:

https://github.com/serpentem/coffee-toaster
https://github.com/serpentem/coffee-toaster/wiki