unknown error -1, when watching directory for delete event

[PieterHagedoorn]

description

I'm watching a directory recursively on delete event. When a file or directory is deleted, It is also deleted in another directory. The file case works fine. The directory case works, as in the directory does get deleted, but I get an error in the terminal:

Failed to remove watch on ./js-source/test/: Unknown error -1
Error removing watch on ./js-source/test/: Unknown error -1

The program does not exit and nothing breaks for as I can see.

The bash script

    inotifywait -m -r -e delete -e moved_from ./js-source |
        while read path action file; do
            if [ -d "./js/${path#"./js-source/"}$file" ]; then
                echo "remove $path$file"
                rm -r "./js/${path#"./js-source/"}$file"
            fi
            if [ -f "./js/${path#"./js-source/"}$file" ]; then
                echo "remove $path$file"
                rm "./js/${path#"./js-source/"}$file"
            fi
        done

steps to reproduce:

• make a folder called js-source and a folder called js
• in both folders make a folder with the same name (let's say test)
• run the script above
• delete/remove the folder in js-source

expected behaviour:

The dir in the js folder is also removed without errors

actual behaviour:

The dir is removed, but some errors are put in the terminal

my system:

Debian 11 running through wsl2 on windows 11

[PieterHagedoorn]

might have something to do with #35 ?