Can't remove and re-create files that are being watched by inotify

[saschagehlich]

• A brief description

When watching a file using inotify (in my case using node.js' fs.watch function), I can't re-create the file after deleting it (either permission denied or no such file or directory)

• Actual results (with terminal output if applicable)

$ echo > file
$ node -p "require('fs').watch('file')" &
[1] 18962
FSWatcher {
  domain: null,
  _events: {},
  _eventsCount: 0,
  _maxListeners: undefined,
  _handle: FSEvent { owner: [Circular], onchange: [Function] } }

$ rm file
$ echo > file
zsh: no such file or directory: file
$ echo $?
1
$ kill 18962
[1]  + 18962 terminated  node -p "require('fs').watch('file')"
$ echo > file
$ echo $?
0

• Your Windows build number
  14986

• Strace of the failing command
  Here's a trace of vim trying to write to the watched file:

write(1, "\"file\"", 6"file")                 = 6
stat("file", 0x7fffe3fe2080)            = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("file", O_WRONLY|O_CREAT|O_TRUNC, 0666) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
lstat("file", 0x7fffe3fe21a0)           = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)

• Required packages and commands to install
  Install node.js

[benhillis]

@saschagehlich - are you using a DrvFs path (/mnt/c/...) or a different location?

@JasonLinMS could you please have a look?

[JasonLinMS]

Thanks Ben. @saschagehlich Please let us know and we will investigate.

[saschagehlich]

@benhillis @JasonLinMS This only seems to happen on DrvFs paths

[saschagehlich]

@benhillis Is this being worked on? I'm running into this very often when switching git branches while my build system is watching for changes :(

[JasonLinMS]

@saschagehlich I can repro this and will start investigating, sorry for the delay!

[JasonLinMS]

Marking as a duplicate of #966, we are looking at a fix for this issue.