The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect.

[andriihorpenko]

Bug report

Question	Answer
Box version	3.4.0@4eeb285
PHP version	7.2
Platform with version	Windows 10
Github Repo	-

Basically, I am unable to use 'compile' command because of this error (command and output below).

P.S. trying to compile Laravel Lumen application to PHAR (compile ALL files in the src directory).

box.json.dist

{
"main": "src/public/index.php",
 "directories": [
       "src"
   ],
 "output": "build/client",
 "chmod": "0755",
 "force-autodiscovery": true
}

Output

$ php box.phar compile
> The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect.

[theofidry]

Hm that looks really weird, could you try with --debug and give the stack trace?

[andriihorpenko]

Result:

$ php box.phar compile --debug
[debug] Checking BOX_ALLOW_XDEBUG
[debug] The xdebug extension is not loaded
[debug] Process restarting (BOX_ALLOW_XDEBUG=internal||0|*|*)
[debug] Running 'E:\OSPanel\modules\php\PHP-7.2-x64\php.exe' '-n' '-c' 'C:\Users\andre\AppData\Local\Temp\4B70.tmp' 'box.phar' 'compile' '--debug' '--ansi'
The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect.
[debug] Restarted process exited 1

[theofidry]

Oh that's on windows. I have no idea to what extend Box works on it to be honest.

Maybe try the same command with --no-restart and I guess --no-parallel will be needed as well

[andriihorpenko]

Ya, Windows is 💩 in some situations. --no-restart helped. If you don't mind can you answer my last question: how can I include ALL the directories and files located in src folder, including those that start with ".", line ".git"? Thanks in advance.

[theofidry]

how can I include ALL the directories and files located in src folder, including those that start with ".", line ".git"

If you want to include hidden files I think you will need a custom finder (see the finders config entry). However I'm not 100% it's gonna work:

// src/Configuration.php

$finder = Finder::create()
            ->files()
            ->filter($blacklistFilter)
            ->filter(
                static function (SplFileInfo $fileInfo) use ($devPackages): bool {
                    foreach ($devPackages as $devPackage) {
                        if ($devPackage === longest_common_base_path([$devPackage, $fileInfo->getRealPath()])) {
                            // File belongs to the dev package
                            return false;
                        }
                    }

                    return true;
                }
            )
            ->ignoreVCS(true)
        ;

The ignoreVCS(true) can be an issue and I don't know what it does about the dot files (I think it ignores them by default). In which case I think you would need to do a PR to tweak this to allow those 2 settings to be configurable. If ignoreVCS(true) is an issue, as ignoring the VCS is already the default, this call could simply be removed allowing you to configure your finder to include VCS files

[andriihorpenko]

Okay, I got it. Thanks for such a quick response!