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Great job implementing the logic for moving and renaming files! Your code correctly handles most scenarios. However, a couple of critical changes are needed to ensure the program is reliable and meets all requirements.
There are two main issues to address:
- The use of the asynchronous
fs.renamefunction can cause the script to exit before the file move is complete, making the tool unreliable. To fix this, please use its synchronous counterpart,fs.renameSync(), which will guarantee the operation finishes before the program terminates. - The requirements state that an error must be thrown if the destination directory doesn't exist. Your current implementation only logs a message to the console. Please change this to
throw new Error(...)to correctly handle this case.
Once these are fixed, your solution will be in great shape!
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According to the requirements, an error must be thrown if the destination directory does not exist. This implementation only logs a message to the console and returns, which does not fulfill the requirement.
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Using the asynchronous fs.rename function here is problematic because the main script can finish executing before this operation completes. This might lead to the program terminating before the file is actually moved. Consider using its synchronous counterpart, fs.renameSync, to ensure the operation finishes before the script exits.
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Great progress on this! You're very close to a complete solution. However, a couple of changes are needed to meet the requirements.
- The synchronous
fs.renameSyncfunction does not accept a callback. It throws an error directly on failure, so you should remove the third argument (the callback function) from your call tofs.renameSync. - One of the checks for a non-existent destination directory logs a message instead of throwing an error. The requirement is to throw an error in this case, so please change the
console.logtothrow new Error(...).
Once you've addressed these points, your code will be all set. Keep up the excellent work!
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This check correctly identifies that the destination directory doesn't exist. However, the requirement is to throw an error in this case, not just log a message to the console. Please change this to throw new Error(...) to align with the requirements and the error handling on line 30.
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If I change this to :
if (!fs.existsSync(targetFolder)) {
throw new Error('Directory does not exist');
}
the tests are failing and I can't commit it
so I kept it as it is, because the tests are passing only with this console.error option
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Great job switching to the synchronous fs.renameSync function! However, the synchronous version doesn't use a callback function like its asynchronous counterpart. It will throw an error directly if the operation fails, so you should remove the callback from this call.
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I am approving your solution as an educational override to help you progress, as there is one small adjustment still needed.
Excellent work addressing the previous feedback! You've correctly updated the fs.renameSync call and fixed one of the error-handling cases.
The final step is to address the requirement that an error must be thrown if the destination directory doesn't exist. Your code currently logs an error to the console in one place instead. In src/app.js, please change the final check for the destination folder to throw new Error('Directory does not exist'); instead of using console.error.
You're very close to a perfect solution!
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The requirements state that an error must be thrown if the destination directory doesn't exist. This implementation logs an error to the console instead. Please change this to throw new Error('Directory does not exist'); to align with the requirements.
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