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@ -183,13 +183,15 @@ the child process is killed. |
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This is a special case of the `spawn()` functionality for spawning Node |
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processes. In addition to having all the methods in a normal ChildProcess |
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instance, the returned object, has a communication channel built-in. The |
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instance, the returned object has a communication channel built-in. The |
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channel is written to with `child.send(message)` and messages are recieved |
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by a `'message'` event on the child. |
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For example: |
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var n = spawnNode(__dirname + '/sub.js'); |
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var cp = require('child_process'); |
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var n = cp.spawnNode(__dirname + '/sub.js'); |
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n.on('message', function(m) { |
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console.log('PARENT got message:', m); |
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@ -208,8 +210,13 @@ And then the child script, `'sub.js'` would might look like this: |
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In the child the `process` object will have a `send()` method, and `process` |
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will emit objects each time it receives a message on its channel. |
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By default the spawned Node process will have the stdin, stdout, stderr associated |
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with the parent's. This can be overridden by using the `customFds` option. |
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By default the spawned Node process will have the stdin, stdout, stderr |
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associated with the parent's. This can be overridden by using the |
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`customFds` option. |
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These child Nodes are still whole new instances of V8. Assume at least 30ms |
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startup and 10mb memory for each new Node. That is, you cannot create many |
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thousands of them. |
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### child.kill(signal='SIGTERM') |
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