Why command "npm run watch" always rise an error?

Question

I am trying to utilized node packages for the first time, the one I am trying to work with is from https://github.com/codingphasedotcom/Starter-Kit-2018 I have done everything in the readme.md file but I am getting an error every time I use the command npm run watch, I have pasted the debug log below. I'm on a windows computer if that matters. Thanks.

0 info it worked if it ends with ok
1 verbose cli [ 'C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node.exe',
1 verbose cli   'C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node_modules\\npm\\bin\\npm-cli.js',
1 verbose cli   'run',
1 verbose cli   'watch' ]
2 info using npm@5.6.0
3 info using node@v9.4.0
4 verbose run-script [ 'prewatch', 'watch', 'postwatch' ]
5 info lifecycle RockyBoy@1.0.0~prewatch: RockyBoy@1.0.0
6 info lifecycle RockyBoy@1.0.0~watch: RockyBoy@1.0.0
7 verbose lifecycle RockyBoy@1.0.0~watch: unsafe-perm in lifecycle true
8 verbose lifecycle RockyBoy@1.0.0~watch: PATH: C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\npm-lifecycle\node-gyp-bin;C:\Users\JeArc\OneDrive\Projects\todo-app-html\node_modules\.bin;C:\ProgramData\Oracle\Java\javapath;C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem;C:\WINDOWS\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\;C:\Program Files (x86)\NVIDIA Corporation\PhysX\Common;C:\Program Files (x86)\GtkSharp\2.12\bin;C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem;C:\WINDOWS\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\;C:\Program Files\Git\cmd;C:\Program Files\nodejs\;C:\Users\JeArc\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps;C:\Users\JeArc\AppData\Local\atom\bin;C:\Users\JeArc\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\bin;C:\Users\JeArc\AppData\Roaming\npm
9 verbose lifecycle RockyBoy@1.0.0~watch: CWD: C:\Users\JeArc\OneDrive\Projects\todo-app-html
10 silly lifecycle RockyBoy@1.0.0~watch: Args: [ '/d /s /c', 'gulp' ]
11 silly lifecycle RockyBoy@1.0.0~watch: Returned: code: 1  signal: null
12 info lifecycle RockyBoy@1.0.0~watch: Failed to exec watch script
13 verbose stack Error: RockyBoy@1.0.0 watch: `gulp`
13 verbose stack Exit status 1
13 verbose stack     at EventEmitter.<anonymous> (C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\npm-lifecycle\index.js:285:16)
13 verbose stack     at EventEmitter.emit (events.js:160:13)
13 verbose stack     at ChildProcess.<anonymous> (C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\npm-lifecycle\lib\spawn.js:55:14)
13 verbose stack     at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:160:13)
13 verbose stack     at maybeClose (internal/child_process.js:943:16)
13 verbose stack     at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:220:5)
14 verbose pkgid RockyBoy@1.0.0
15 verbose cwd C:\Users\JeArc\OneDrive\Projects\todo-app-html
16 verbose Windows_NT 10.0.15063
17 verbose argv "C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node.exe" "C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node_modules\\npm\\bin\\npm-cli.js" "run" "watch"
18 verbose node v9.4.0
19 verbose npm  v5.6.0
20 error code ELIFECYCLE
21 error errno 1
22 error RockyBoy@1.0.0 watch: `gulp`
22 error Exit status 1
23 error Failed at the RockyBoy@1.0.0 watch script.
23 error This is probably not a problem with npm. There is likely additional logging output above.
24 verbose exit [ 1, true ]
https://i.stack.imgur.com/d0pT4.png

Here is my package.json file :

  "name": "RockyBoy",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "description": "Super Cool Framework",
  "main": "index.js",
  "author": "joe santos garcia",
  "license": "MIT",
  "homepage": "http://rocky.codingphase.com/",
  "dependencies": {
    "axios": "^0.16.1",
    "babel-core": "^6.24.1",
    "babel-loader": "^6.4.1",
    "babel-preset-env": "^1.4.0",
    "babel-preset-es2015": "^6.24.1",
    "babel-preset-react": "^6.24.1",
    "babel-preset-stage-0": "^6.24.1",
    "browser-sync": "^2.18.8",
    "gulp": "^3.9.1",
    "gulp-autoprefixer": "^3.1.1",
    "gulp-babel": "^6.1.2",
    "gulp-concat": "^2.6.0",
    "gulp-eslint": "^3.0.1",
    "gulp-imagemin": "^3.0.3",
    "gulp-sass": "^2.3.2",
    "gulp-shell": "^0.6.3",
    "gulp-uglify": "^2.0.0",
    "gulp-watch": "^4.3.9",
    "html-webpack-plugin": "^2.28.0",
    "node-sass": "^4.5.2",
    "react": "^15.5.4",
    "react-dom": "^15.5.4",
    "react-redux": "^5.0.4",
    "react-router": "^4.1.1",
    "redux": "^3.6.0",
    "sass-loader": "^6.0.3",
    "standard": "^10.0.2",
    "webpack": "^2.5.1",
    "webpack-stream": "^3.2.0"
  }
  "scripts": {
    "bundle": "./node_modules/.bin/webpack",
    "production": "./node_modules/.bin/webpack -p",
    "watch": "gulp",
    "sass": "gulp styles",
    "js": "gulp webpack"
  },
  "devDependencies": {
    "babel-preset-stage-0": "^6.24.1"
  }
}

what happens when you use "npm start" in the directory of your main project file? — Usman Mutawakil, Jan 21 '18 at 16:24

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 21 '18 at 17:02

In your package.json file, you have something like this probably somewhere:

"scripts": {
   "start": "node server/index.js",
   "watch": "gulp 'something here'"
 }

Do change it to as:

"scripts": {
   "start": "node server/index.js",
   "watch": "gulp \"something here\""
}

This basically happens because windows can understand only double quotes, while in your script, something is written in single quote.

Note: it may also happen for some other reasons, i'll be able to help you better if you give me the package.json file here.

Why command "npm run watch" always rise an error?

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