Error: ENOTSUP: operation not supported on socket

[mauriciord]

Hello, i have installed npm install -g create-react-app exactly now, and when i started a new app from create-react-app tc-react-app, it installs react-scripts normally, but when it starts to install react and react-dom using npm, it shows an error:

Installing react and react-dom using npm...

/Volumes/HDmauricio/workspace/tc-react-app/node_modules/react-scripts/scripts/init.js:57
        throw err;
        ^

Error: ENOTSUP: operation not supported on socket, link '/Volumes/HDmauricio/workspace/tc-react-app/gitignore' -> '/Volumes/HDmauricio/workspace/tc-react-app/.gitignore'
MacBook-Pro-de-Mauricio:workspace mauricio$ ⸨              ░░░░⸩ ⠼ extract:react: sill gunzTarPerm extractEntrytc-react-app@0.1.0 /Volumes/HDmauricio/workspace/tc-react-app
├─┬ react@15.4.1 
│ └─┬ fbjs@0.8.8 
│   ├── core-js@1.2.7 
│   ├─┬ isomorphic-fetch@2.2.1 
│   │ └─┬ node-fetch@1.6.3 
│   │   ├── encoding@0.1.12 
│   │   └── is-stream@1.1.0 
│   └── ua-parser-js@0.7.12 
└── react-dom@15.4.1 

After that, it freezes and nothing happens. My node version is 7.3.0 and npm is 3.10.10, and i am using OS X El Capitain.
What can i do ? I cannot start a react app

[gaearon]

Are you using some sort of a network drive (/Volumes/HDmauricio/)? This looks to be the source of the problem—apparently some Node APIs such as moving a file don’t work correctly with them.

[mauriciord]

It was a external USB Hard Drive, i made the create-react-app at my folder and successfully worked. Thanks

[gaearon]

Good to know, thanks for reporting back. I’m sorry it didn’t work, unfortunately it seems like a Node bug and not something we could fix.