Gulp not generating any files

[kunalm]

I am using the following gulp code to build my deployment files.

"use strict";

var gulp = require('gulp'),
    concat = require('gulp-concat'),
    minify = require('gulp-minify'),
    cleanCss = require('gulp-clean-css'),
    dest = require('gulp-dest'),
    debug = require('gulp-debug');

gulp.task('pack-js', function() {	
	return gulp.src(
        [
            '/assets/js/jquery-3.1.1.min.js', 
            '/assets/js/bootstrap.min.js', 
            '/assets/js/assets/js/device.min.js',
            '/assets/js/app.js'
        ],
        { base : '.' }
    )
        .pipe( debug() )
        .pipe( concat('app-min.js') )
        .pipe( minify() )
        .pipe( gulp.dest('dist/js/') );
});
 
gulp.task('pack-css', function() {	
	return gulp.src(
        [
            '/assets/css/normalize.css', 
            '/assets/css/bootstrap.min.css',
            '/assets/js/slick/slick.css',
            '/assets/js/slick/slick-theme.css',
            '/assets/css/animate.min.css',
            '/assets/fonts/font-awesome/css/font-awesome.css',
            '/assets/fonts/font-awesome/css/font-awesome.min.css',
            '/style.css'
        ],
        { base : '.' }
    )
        .pipe( debug() )
        .pipe( concat('style.css') )
        .pipe( cleanCss() )
        .pipe( gulp.dest('dist/css/') );
});
 
gulp.task( 'default', [ 'pack-js', 'pack-css' ] );

When I run the "gulp" command this is the result I get.

$ gulp
[12:12:16] Using gulpfile ~/{right path to the directory where it should be}/gulpfile.js
[12:12:16] Starting 'pack-js'...
[12:12:16] Starting 'pack-css'...
[12:12:16] gulp-debug: 0 items
[12:12:16] Finished 'pack-js' after 19 ms
[12:12:16] gulp-debug: 0 items
[12:12:16] Finished 'pack-css' after 11 ms
[12:12:16] Starting 'default'...
[12:12:16] Finished 'default' after 59 μs

But in the "dist" folder which is in the same directory as of the "gulpfile.js" doesn't show any generated files.

I checked the version also.

$ gulp -v
[08:01:40] CLI version 3.9.1
[08:01:40] Local version 3.9.1

[doowb]

Remove the leading slash / from your glob patterns. The leading slash indicates an absolute path from the root of your system.

[kunalm]

Updated code below:

"use strict";

var gulp = require('gulp'),
    concat = require('gulp-concat'),
    minify = require('gulp-minify'),
    cleanCss = require('gulp-clean-css'),
    dest = require('gulp-dest'),
    debug = require('gulp-debug');

gulp.task('pack-js', function() {	
	return gulp.src(
        [
            'assets/js/jquery-3.1.1.min.js', 
            'assets/js/bootstrap.min.js', 
            'assets/js/assets/js/device.min.js',
            'assets/js/app.js'
        ],
        { base : '.' }
    )
        .pipe( debug() )
        .pipe( concat('app-min.js') )
        .pipe( minify() )
        .pipe( gulp.dest('dist/js/') );
});
 
gulp.task('pack-css', function() {	
	return gulp.src(
        [
            'assets/css/normalize.css', 
            'assets/css/bootstrap.min.css',
            'assets/js/slick/slick.css',
            'assets/js/slick/slick-theme.css',
            'assets/css/animate.min.css',
            'assets/fonts/font-awesome/css/font-awesome.css',
            'assets/fonts/font-awesome/css/font-awesome.min.css',
            'style.css'
        ],
        { base : '.' }
    )
        .pipe( debug() )
        .pipe( concat('style.css') )
        .pipe( cleanCss() )
        .pipe( gulp.dest('dist/css/') );
});
 
gulp.task( 'default', [ 'pack-js', 'pack-css' ] );

and log of terminal command:

$ gulp
[20:37:42] Using gulpfile ~/{directory path}/gulpfile.js
[20:37:42] Starting 'pack-js'...
[20:37:42] Starting 'pack-css'...
[20:37:42] gulp-debug: 0 items
[20:37:42] gulp-debug: 0 items
[20:37:42] Finished 'pack-js' after 23 ms
[20:37:42] Finished 'pack-css' after 13 ms
[20:37:42] Starting 'default'...
[20:37:42] Finished 'default' after 26 μs

Still no luck. Not sure why you closed it.

[doowb]

[20:37:42] gulp-debug: 0 items

Something is wrong with your src syntax since 0 items are being found. This isn't a bug with gulp, so you should be asking this on StackOverflow.

[kunalm]

Can you indicate what’s wrong? Since you’re sure that there is something wrong in the code?

On Sat, 17 Feb 2018 at 8:45 PM, Brian Woodward ***@***.***> wrote: [20:37:42] gulp-debug: 0 items Something is wrong with your src syntax since 0 items are being found. This isn't a bug with gulp, so you should be asking this on StackOverflow. — You are receiving this because you authored the thread. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#2128 (comment)>, or mute the thread <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AAZnJzwdFMnxrEtlW7TDKBloxMcT75YJks5tVuz6gaJpZM4SJN3q> .

-- Thanks, Kunal Pardon the brevity, sent on the go.