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InvalidCharsInPath error for BUILD_DIR while attempting to build project

See original GitHub issue

I’m getting an error with InvalidCharsInPath while trying to retrieve the BUILD_DIR.

In settings.py: BASE_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))) BUILD_DIR = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'builds')

I can’t think of why it would be failing to recognise characters. The characters in the path specified by the error message don’t seem to be any issue. This bug remains with or without the forward slash after builds.

Every time I use the manage.py build command, this error shows up:

Traceback (most recent call last): File "F:\Users\Mark\Documents\GitHub\Portfolio\portfolio\manage.py", line 15, in <module> execute_from_command_line(sys.argv) File "F:\Users\Mark\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36-32\lib\site-packages\django\core\management\__init__.py", line 381, in execute_from_command_line utility.execute() File "F:\Users\Mark\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36-32\lib\site-packages\django\core\management\__init__.py", line 375, in execute self.fetch_command(subcommand).run_from_argv(self.argv) File "F:\Users\Mark\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36-32\lib\site-packages\django\core\management\base.py", line 316, in run_from_argv self.execute(*args, **cmd_options) File "F:\Users\Mark\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36-32\lib\site-packages\django\core\management\base.py", line 353, in execute output = self.handle(*args, **options) File "F:\Users\Mark\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36-32\lib\site-packages\bakery\management\commands\build.py", line 97, in handle self.set_options(*args, **options) File "F:\Users\Mark\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36-32\lib\site-packages\bakery\management\commands\build.py", line 143, in set_options if not self.fs.exists(self.build_dir): File "F:\Users\Mark\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36-32\lib\site-packages\fs\base.py", line 489, in exists self.getinfo(path) File "F:\Users\Mark\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36-32\lib\site-packages\fs\osfs.py", line 264, in getinfo _path = self.validatepath(path) File "F:\Users\Mark\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36-32\lib\site-packages\fs\osfs.py", line 643, in validatepath return super(OSFS, self).validatepath(path) File "F:\Users\Mark\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36-32\lib\site-packages\fs\base.py", line 1475, in validatepath raise errors.InvalidCharsInPath(path) fs.errors.InvalidCharsInPath: path 'F:\Users\Mark\Documents\GitHub\Portfolio\portfolio\builds' contains invalid characters

I’d appreciate any help!