npm run build > not creating dist folder in NestJs project - json

Question

I tried to start my project with npm run start:prod command but got
Error: Cannot find module {path to my project}\dist\main.js'.
I have tried to rename the path to all my files in the project from src/myController to ../myController .
My package.json (scripts)
"scripts": {
"build": "tsc -p tsconfig.build.json",
"format": "prettier --write \"src/**/*.ts\" \"test/**/*.ts\"",
"start": "ts-node -r tsconfig-paths/register src/main.ts",
"start:dev": "concurrently \"wait-on dist/main.js && nodemon\" \"tsc -w -p tsconfig.json\" ",
"start:debug": "nodemon --config nodemon-debug.json",
"prestart:prod": "rimraf dist && npm run build",
"start:prod": "node dist/main.js"
My tsconfig.json
{
"compilerOptions": {
"module": "commonjs",
"declaration": true,
"noImplicitAny": false,
"removeComments": true,
"allowSyntheticDefaultImports": true,
"emitDecoratorMetadata": true,
"experimentalDecorators": true,
"target": "es6",
"sourceMap": true,
"rootDir": ".",
"outDir": "../dist",
"baseUrl": "./src"
},
"include": [ "./src/**/*.ts", ],
"exclude": ["node_modules", "dist", "src/**/*.spec.ts", "src/**/__test__/*"]
}
The actual output:
nest-typescript-starter#1.0.0 prestart:prod
{path to my project}
rimraf dist && npm run build
nest-typescript-starter#1.0.0 build
{path to my project}
tsc -p tsconfig.build.json
nest-typescript-starter#1.0.0 start:prod
{path to my project}
node dist/main.js
internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:584
throw err;
^
Error: Cannot find module
{path to my project}\dist\main.js'

Answer 1

Okeey, I was a little dumb. The answer is very easy. In package.json you need change line from "start:prod": "node dist/main.js" to "start:prod": "node dist/src/main.js". In tsconfig.json you need change "outDir": "../dist" to "outDir": "./dist"

Answer 2

you can just add a new command:
under the scripts in package.json :
"start:live": "rimraf dist && nest build && node dist/src/main",
then you can run:
npm run start:live