Syntax Error in Angular App: Unexpected token <

Question

I have an Angular app which runs perfectly in my local and production environment.. After a tiny change I made, I ran the app locally and it works fine.. Then I built the pr

Answer 1

I had the same issue:

1) I ran the command

ng build --aot --prod

2) Everything compiled without an error

3) I deleted all the files on the server and copied it all across via FTP(FileZilla) to a windows Azure server

4) Sometimes I get the error

Unexpected token <

and other-times not

Yesterday I noticed that the main[hash].js was missing on the server and that Filezilla did not give me an error copying it.

I then tried copying only that file.It did not work. When I removed the hash part from the filename it copies without a problem.

Work-a-round

Run:

ng  build --aot --prod --output-hashing none

Which works every-time.

So either Filezilla or Windows Server does not allow filenames with a specific length or it does not like certain hashes.