Using the npm published version of nano-server on a Unix-based system fails

[PaulMougel]

While trying to use nano-server to serve static files for Brain Browser:

$  nano-server 5000 ./examples
env: node\r: No such file or directory

This happens because the files are saved in DOS format (see npm/npm#2097), which unfortunately screws the shebang…

Edit: I tried to fork the repository and fix the line-endings, but it turns out they are fine! Only the files published on npm are messed up. So I guess re-publishing from a UNIX computer should be enough to fix the issue.

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For people encountering the same issue, here is how I fixed it.

The package was installed using npm i -g nano-server, so I edited the file where the program was loaded from:

$ vim $(which nano-server)

just enter :set ff=unix, save the file and voilà!

[tsherif]

Oh! Thanks for looking into this. It's funny. It seems to work fine on Linux for me, but not on Mac. Either way, I'll republish from a Linux machine today or tomorrow, so hopefully that will fix this.

[PaulMougel]

Oh, so it works on Linux… seems like I was a bit over-zealous by saying "UNIX-based systems"!

[tsherif]

Oh, wait... you were right. I was using an old, Linux-published version. I just did an update (to a version I published in Windows) and now it fails. I'll fix the title of this thread and try to re-publish today.

[tsherif]

@PaulMougel I just published an update to NPM. Can you verify that it works for you?

[PaulMougel]

$ nano-server 5000
nano-server v0.3.2 running in '.' started on port 5000.

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