Gatsby: Error: ENOTDIR: not a directory, unlink '/gatsbysite/public/svg/grid-bg.svg'

[IainIsCreative]

Description

Okay this is a weird one for me...if I place an SVG file...anywhere, including static, Gatsby throws the following error (Note: usernames and directories are omitted for anonymity):

error ENOTDIR: not a directory, unlink '/gatsbysite/public/svg/grid-bg.svg'


  Error: ENOTDIR: not a directory, unlink '/gatsbysite/public/svg/grid-bg.svg'

error UNHANDLED REJECTION


  Error: ENOTDIR: not a directory, unlink '/gatsbysite/public/svg/grid-bg.svg'

If it's any help, I am using gatsby-starter for this project. Am I missing something here? I'm not completely understanding what's happening here...

Expected behavior

As far as I can tell, this should not be a problem and SVGs should be fine. However for some reason Gatsby is throwing a hissy fit of sorts.

[KyleAMathews]

That's unexpected...

What are the steps to reproduce this?

[IainIsCreative]

The only thing I've done is placing an SVG under static. That's it. 😆 I've tried this with other SVG files, and if I remember correctly, I tried placing some under src to use in components but same error.

[KyleAMathews]

Could be a file permission error perhaps. Do other files fail as well?

[IainIsCreative]

No, I think it's okay with images like JPGs. I'll try with PNGs and GIFs as well. JPGs are placed under static/images and get output to public/images — I'm hoping that's the correct output as it also outputs an empty static folder!

[IainIsCreative]

GIFs and JPGs are being output fine.

[shendepu]

I experienced this as well, while I add a file and delete the file in static folder. Then I found that the file link still exists in public folder. After deleting it in public folder, the error is gone.

[KyleAMathews]

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