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allOptional
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argv0Explicitly set the value of argv[0]
sent to the child process. This will be set to command
or file
if not specified.
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bufferBuffer the output from the spawned process. When set to false
, you must read the output of stdout
and stderr
(or all
if the all
option is true
). Otherwise the returned promise will not be resolved/rejected.
If the spawned process fails, error.stdout
, error.stderr
, and error.all
will contain the buffered data.
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cleanupKill the spawned process when the parent process exits unless either:
- the spawned process is detached
- the parent process is terminated abruptly, for example, with SIGKILL
as opposed to SIGTERM
or a normal exit
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cwdCurrent working directory of the child process.
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detachedPrepare child to run independently of its parent process. Specific behavior depends on the platform.
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encodingSpecify the character encoding used to decode the stdout
and stderr
output. If set to null
, then stdout
and stderr
will be a Buffer
instead of a string.
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envEnvironment key-value pairs. Extends automatically from process.env
. Set extendEnv
to false
if you don't want this.
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execPath to the Node.js executable to use in child processes.
This can be either an absolute path or a path relative to the cwd
option.
Requires preferLocal
to be true
.
For example, this can be used together with get-node
to run a specific Node.js version in a child process.
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extendSet to false
if you don't want to extend the environment variables when providing the env
property.
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gidSets the group identity of the process.
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inputWrite some input to the stdin
of your binary.
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killSignal value to be used when the spawned process will be killed.
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localPreferred path to find locally installed binaries in (use with preferLocal
).
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maxLargest amount of data in bytes allowed on stdout
or stderr
. Default: 100 MB.
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nodeList of CLI options passed to the Node.js executable.
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nodeThe Node.js executable to use.
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preferPrefer locally installed binaries when looking for a binary to execute.
If you $ npm install foo
, you can then execa('foo')
.
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rejectSetting this to false
resolves the promise with the error instead of rejecting it.
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serializationSpecify the kind of serialization used for sending messages between processes when using the stdio: 'ipc'
option or execa.node()
:
- json
: Uses JSON.stringify()
and JSON.parse()
.
- advanced
: Uses v8.serialize()
Requires Node.js 13.2.0
or later.
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shellIf true
, runs command
inside of a shell. Uses /bin/sh
on UNIX and cmd.exe
on Windows. A different shell can be specified as a string. The shell should understand the -c
switch on UNIX or /d /s /c
on Windows.
We recommend against using this option since it is:
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stderrSame options as stdio
.
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stdinSame options as stdio
.
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stdioChild's stdio configuration.
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stdoutSame options as stdio
.
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stripStrip the final newline character from the output.
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timeoutIf timeout
is greater than 0
, the parent will send the signal identified by the killSignal
property (the default is SIGTERM
) if the child runs longer than timeout
milliseconds.
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uidSets the user identity of the process.
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windowsOn Windows, do not create a new console window. Please note this also prevents CTRL-C
from working on Windows.
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windowsIf true
, no quoting or escaping of arguments is done on Windows. Ignored on other platforms. This is set to true
automatically when the shell
option is true
.
Add an
.all
property on the promise and the resolved value. The property contains the output of the process withstdout
andstderr
interleaved.