Error: ENOTDIR: not a directory, scandir

I am not sure where the issue lies, but I am using watch to watch for file changes on my js file, and when a change happens it should minifiy the js file. This works on my Ubuntu machine, but on my Windows machine, I get the error below.

> watch.cmd --interval=1 uglifyjs.cmd -c -m -o ./public/assets/js/prefab.min.js -- ./public/assets/js/prefab.js
> Watching ./public/assets/js/prefab.js
C:\Users\rnaddy\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\watch\main.js:73
    if (err) throw err;
             ^

Error: ENOTDIR: not a directory, scandir 'C:\Users\rnaddy\Documents\vscode\projects\prefab\public\assets\js\prefab.js'

[JuanCaicedo]

@mikeal I wonder how difficult it would be difficult to allow watching a file? I’m willing to help with this 👍

[JuanCaicedo]

I think this comes from the fact that you’re trying to watch a file and that this tool can only watch directories. I ran into the same problem 😝

That being said, I was able to get around it by building a custom filter and then just checking for the file I want. It was relatively painless https://github.com/mikeal/watch#watchcreatemonitorroot-options-callback