fvtt pack never generates a .ldb file for me

[knightweaver]

Hi,

I am attempting to use the foundryvtt-cli to pack my module and though it runs without errors and though I know it is reading the source JSON files (I have confirmed this by editing that JSON file to render it invalid and get an error from fvtt pack stating that the JSON is invalided), I never get a .ldb file.

I have tried several troublshooting steps including:

1. confirming that the dataPath and installPath are correct
2. setting the -v flag
3. running it from my development directory and from the Foundry Data directory
4. running with the -nedb (.db file was not generated)
5. Confirming that the files are valid JSON and UTF-8.
6. Reading a bunch online and trying to get AI guidance.

In all cases the output is just this:

[classic-level] Packing "E:\Documents\Daniel\role-gaming\Cybermancy module development\cybermancy\src-data\items\weapons" into "E:\Documents\Daniel\role-gaming\Cybermancy module development\cybermancy\packs\items-weapons"

All the expected files in the output directory are there:
item-weapons

• CURRENT
• LOCK
• LOG
• MANIFEST-######
• and a 0kb log file.

I am at a loss and out of ideas of what to try to get this working. Any guidance or help would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks,
Dan

[knightweaver]

Clearly what I needed to do was stop and have a beer - my JSON files lacked the "_key" field and thus at line 289 in the package.mjs this line:

if ( !doc._key ) continue;

and causing my files to be skipped. I might suggest logging that to the log file and stdout for folks getting started (like me).