ERROR: could not find workflow directory

[noisufnoc]

Is there another configuration step to tell fixum where my workflow directory is?

[deanishe]

No. And I can't really help with no information but the error message.

Which version of Alfred are you using?

Where are your workflows (i.e. do you sync them)?

[noisufnoc]

Hi. I'm running Alfred 3.5.1, here is the fixum.log

11:56:46 fixum.py:265 INFO     ==================================================
11:56:46 fixum.py:267 INFO     looking for workflows using an outdated (buggy) version of Alfred-Workflow...
11:56:46 fixum.py:274 CRITICAL could not find your workflow directory

It appears to be complaining about the version of Alfred-Workflow, is that an aspect of alfred-fixum or another dependency I need to fix?

[noisufnoc]

I'm running v0.7 of Fixum.

[deanishe]

It appears to be complaining about the version of Alfred-Workflow

It's not. It's complaining about not being able to find your workflows.

Where are they? Do you sync them?

[noisufnoc]

/Users/noisufnoc/Library/Application\ Support/Alfred\ 3/Alfred.alfredpreferences/workflows

I do not sync them.

[deanishe]

Could you open up the workflow (Alfred Preferences > Right click > Open in Finder) and edit fixum.py.

Uncomment line 154 (log.debug(...)), then run Fixum again with Alfred's debugger open.

See which path it prints.

[noisufnoc]

Starting debug for 'Fixum'

[2017-12-04 14:53:34][input.scriptfilter] Queuing argument ''
[2017-12-04 14:53:34][input.scriptfilter] Script with argument '' finished
[2017-12-04 14:53:34][STDERR: input.scriptfilter] 14:53:34 workflow.py:2247 DEBUG    ---------- Fixum (0.7.0) ----------
14:53:34 workflow.py:1657 DEBUG    reading settings from /Users/noisufnoc/Library/Application Support/Alfred 3/Workflow Data/net.deanishe.alfred.fixum/settings.json
14:53:34 workflow.py:2531 DEBUG    update check not due
14:53:34 fixum.py:211 DEBUG    query=u''
14:53:34 workflow.py:1884 DEBUG    loading cached data: /Users/noisufnoc/Library/Caches/com.runningwithcrayons.Alfred-3/Workflow Data/net.deanishe.alfred.fixum/__workflow_update_status.cpickle
14:53:34 workflow.py:2461 DEBUG    update_data: {u'available': False}
14:53:34 workflow.py:2440 DEBUG    set last run version: 0.7.0
14:53:34 workflow.py:2289 DEBUG    ---------- finished in 0.004s ----------
[2017-12-04 14:53:34][input.scriptfilter] {"items": [{"arg": "dryrun", "valid": true, "subtitle": "Show what the workflow would update", "uid": "dryrun", "title": "Dry Run"}, {"arg": "log", "valid": true, "subtitle": "Open the log file in Console.app", "uid": "log", "title": "View Log File"}, {"arg": "blacklist", "valid": true, "subtitle": "List of workflows to *not* update", "uid": "blacklist", "title": "Edit Blacklist"}, {"arg": "fix", "valid": true, "subtitle": "Replace broken versions of Alfred-Workflow within your workflows", "uid": "fix", "title": "Fix Workflows"}]}
[2017-12-04 14:53:40][input.scriptfilter] Processing output of 'action.script' with arg 'dryrun'
[2017-12-04 14:53:40][ERROR: action.script] 14:53:40 workflow.py:2247 DEBUG    ---------- Fixum (0.7.0) ----------
14:53:40 workflow.py:1657 DEBUG    reading settings from /Users/noisufnoc/Library/Application Support/Alfred 3/Workflow Data/net.deanishe.alfred.fixum/settings.json
14:53:40 workflow.py:2531 DEBUG    update check not due
14:53:40 fixum.py:265 INFO     ==================================================
14:53:40 fixum.py:266 DEBUG    opts={'--help': False,
 '--nothing': True,
 '--version': False,
 '<query>': None,
 'list': False}
14:53:40 fixum.py:267 INFO     looking for workflows using an outdated (buggy) version of Alfred-Workflow...
14:53:40 fixum.py:154 DEBUG    Workflow sync dir : '/Users/noisufnoc/personal/alfred/Alfred.alfredpreferences/workflows'
14:53:40 fixum.py:160 DEBUG    Alfred.alfredpreferences/workflows not found
14:53:40 fixum.py:274 CRITICAL could not find your workflow directory
14:53:40 workflow.py:2440 DEBUG    set last run version: 0.7.0
14:53:40 workflow.py:2289 DEBUG    ---------- finished in 0.032s ----------
[2017-12-04 14:53:40][action.script] Processing output of 'output.notification' with arg 'ERROR: could not find workflow directory

So how do I point the it to the proper directory?

[deanishe]

A few possibilities.

1. You could set your sync folder to ~/Library/Application Support/Alfred 3 in Alfred Preferences > Advanced.
2. You could quit Alfred and edit ~/Library/Preferences/com.runningwithcrayons.Alfred-Preferences-3.plist by hand to remove the syncfolder key and value.
3. You could edit line 153 of fixum.py to read syncdir = '~/Library/Application Support/Alfred 3'

1 or 2 would be better until I talk to Andrew and figure out why you have syncdir set.

What do you see in Alfred Preferences > Advanced next to "Syncing:"?

Does the ~/personal/alfred directory exist on your system?

[noisufnoc]

You could quit Alfred and edit ~/Library/Preferences/com.runningwithcrayons.Alfred-Preferences-3.plist by hand to remove the syncfolder key and value.

That's what I did and now fixum is working as expected. Alfred Preferences > Advanced said "Not Synced", perhaps there was a legacy Alfred 2 setting that was mucking things up. Either way, removing the old ~/personal/alfred (which existed back when I used Alfred 2) from the plist file did the trick.

Thanks!

[deanishe]

Awesome!

So ~/personal/alfred doesn't exist any more?

I ask, as I need to fix the workflow for anyone with the same issue.

From my tests, Alfred recreates an empty Alfred.alfredpreferences bundle if syncfolder is set, but it seems from what you say that rather than creating the directory, it silently goes back to the default location under ~/Library if syncfolder doesn't exist.

[noisufnoc]

Correct. ~/personal/alfred no longer exists. Happy to help if there's any other output you'd like!

[deanishe]

Nope, that's grand, thanks.

Version 0.8 appears to handle your situation perfectly.

Alfred's behaviour is a bit questionable in this regard, so I'll report a bug.

Thanks very much for finding, and most importantly, helping fix the bug.