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### child_process.execFile(file[, args][, options][, callback])
### child_process.execFile(file[, args][, options][, callback])
* `file` {String} The filename of the program to run
* `file` {String} A path to an executable file
* `args` {Array} List of string arguments
* `args` {Array} List of string arguments
* `options` {Object}
* `options` {Object}
* `cwd` {String} Current working directory of the child process
* `cwd` {String} Current working directory of the child process
@ -193,20 +193,20 @@ replace the existing process and uses a shell to execute the command.*
* `stderr` {Buffer}
* `stderr` {Buffer}
* Return: ChildProcess object
* Return: ChildProcess object
The `child_process.execFile()` method is similar to [`child_process.exec()`][]
The `child_process.execFile()` function is similar to [`child_process.exec()`][]
except that it does not first spawn a shell. Rather, the specified `command` is
except that it does not spawn a shell. Rather, the specified executable `file`
spawned directly as a new process making it slightly more efficient than
is spawned directly as a new process making it slightly more efficient than
[`child_process.exec()`][]. The same options are support by both
[`child_process.exec()`][].
`child_process.exec()` and `child_process.execFile()` .
const exec = require('child_process').execFile;
The same options as `child_process.exec()` are supported. Since a shell is not
const child = execFile('cat *.js bad_file | wc -l',
spawned, behaviors such as I/O redirection and file globbing are not supported.
(error, stdout, stderr) => {
console.log(`stdout: ${stdout}`) ;
const execFile = require('child_process').execFile ;
console.log(`stderr: ${stderr}`);
const child = execFile('node', ['--version'], (error, stdout, stderr) => {
if (error !== null ) {
if (error) {
console.log(`exec error: ${error}`) ;
throw error ;
}
}
console.log(stdout);
});
});
### child_process.fork(modulePath[, args][, options])
### child_process.fork(modulePath[, args][, options])