ENOENT: no such file or directory 'path/to/project.dll' to 'path/to/native/index.node'

[himself65]

Reproduce steps:

git clone https://github.com/Himself65/neon-issue-662.git
cd neon-issue-662
yarn

Error infos

{
  "dependencies": {
    "neon-cli": "^0.7.0"
  }
}

[build-dependencies]
neon-build = "0.7.0"

[dependencies]
neon = { version = "0.7", default-features = false, features = ["napi-4"] }

> neon build
neon info running cargo
   Compiling test-neon v0.1.0 (C:\Users\himse\Code\test-neon\native)
    Finished dev [unoptimized + debuginfo] target(s) in 0.48s
neon info generating native\index.node
neon ERR! ENOENT: no such file or directory, copyfile 'C:\Users\himse\Code\test-neon\native\target\x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\debug\test_neon.dll' -> 'C:\Users\himse\Code\test-neon\native\index.node'

Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, copyfile 'C:\Users\himse\Code\test-neon\native\target\x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\debug\test_neon.dll' -> 'C:\Users\himse\Code\test-neon\native\index.node'

[himself65]

How to hot fix

PS C:\Users\himse\Code\test-neon> cd native
PS C:\Users\himse\Code\test-neon\native> cargo build
   Compiling cfg-if v1.0.0
   Compiling semver-parser v0.7.0
   Compiling smallvec v1.6.0
   Compiling cslice v0.2.0
   Compiling winapi v0.3.9
   Compiling neon v0.7.0
   Compiling test-neon v0.1.0 (C:\Users\himse\Code\test-neon\native)
   Compiling semver v0.9.0
   Compiling libloading v0.6.6
   Compiling neon-runtime v0.7.0
    Finished dev [unoptimized + debuginfo] target(s) in 4.38s
PS C:\Users\himse\Code\test-neon\native> node ../lib
hello node

[kjvalencik]

@himself65 This is a duplicate of #653.

In summary, with the N-API backend, either neon-build or neon-cli should be used, but not both. We are working on an RFC to replace neon new (neon-bindings/rfcs#36), but until then it requires small changes to a project to fix it after creation.

[himself65]

Thanks for help