lighter-spawn

The lighter-spawn module is a lightweight child process spawning utility.

Installation

From your project directory, install and save as a dependency:

npm install --save lighter-spawn

API

The API is simply a function which returns a child process.

var spawn = require('lighter-spawn')
 
// Write file details to the console.
spawn('ls -la')
  .on('out', function (files) {
    console.log(files)
  })

spawn(command[, options])

Spawn a command, and return a child process object. The command is a string, which can include arguments separated by spaces. If you would like to include a space character inside an argument, use a backslash to escape it.

Event: error

Pass an error object if a process exits with a nonzero exit code.

Event: stderr

Pass a concatenated string of stderr stream data.

Event: stdout

Pass a concatenated string of stdout stream data.

Event: err

Pass an array of lines of stderr stream data.

Event: out

Pass an array of lines of stdout stream data.

Examples

For now, please see the tests.

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