Handle error for failing to create local device ID file

src/sync/init.go

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package sync
 
 import (
+	"fmt"
 	"github.com/rwinkhart/MUTN/src/backend"
 	"math/rand"
 	"os"
@@ -14,7 +15,10 @@ func DeviceIDGen() (string, string) {
 	deviceIDPrefix, _ := os.Hostname()
 	deviceIDSuffix := backend.StringGen(rand.Intn(48)+48, false, 0) // TODO consider using complex string generator and removing unsafe characters manually
 	deviceID := deviceIDPrefix + "-" + deviceIDSuffix
-	os.Create(backend.ConfigDir + backend.PathSeparator + "devices" + backend.PathSeparator + deviceID) // TODO remove existing device ID file if it exists (from both client and server)
+	_, err := os.Create(backend.ConfigDir + backend.PathSeparator + "devices" + backend.PathSeparator + deviceID) // TODO remove existing device ID file if it exists (from both client and server)
+	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Println(backend.AnsiError + "Failed to create local device ID file: " + err.Error() + backend.AnsiReset)
+	}
 
 	// register device ID with server and fetch remote EntryRoot and OS type
 	//manualSync is true so the user is alerted if device ID registration fails

src/sync/server.go

@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ func GetRemoteDataFromServer(clientDeviceID string) {
 			fmt.Print("\x1f" + strings.ReplaceAll(affectedIDTargetLocationIncomplete[1], "\x1d", "/"))
 
 			// assume successful client deletion and remove deletions file (if assumption is somehow false, worst case scenario is that the client will re-upload the deleted entry)
-			os.Remove(backend.ConfigDir + backend.PathSeparator + "deletions" + backend.PathSeparator + deletion.Name())
+			_ = os.Remove(backend.ConfigDir + backend.PathSeparator + "deletions" + backend.PathSeparator + deletion.Name()) // error ignored; function not run from a user-facing argument and thus the error would not be visible
 		}
 	}
 }