var assert = require('assert'), util = require('util'), spawn = require('child_process').spawn; // We're trying to reproduce: // $ echo "hello\nnode\nand\nworld" | grep o | sed s/o/a/ var echo = spawn('echo', ['hello\nnode\nand\nworld\n']), grep = spawn('grep', ['o']), sed = spawn('sed', ['s/o/O/']); /* * grep and sed hang if the spawn function leaks file descriptors to child * processes. * This happens when calling pipe(2) and then forgetting to set the * FD_CLOEXEC flag on the resulting file descriptors. * * This test checks child processes exit, meaning they don't hang like * explained above. */ // pipe echo | grep echo.stdout.on('data', function (data) { if (!grep.stdin.write(data)) { echo.stdout.pause(); } }); grep.stdin.on('drain', function (data) { echo.stdout.resume(); }); // propagate end from echo to grep echo.stdout.on('end', function (code) { grep.stdin.end(); }); // pipe grep | sed grep.stdout.on('data', function (data) { if (!sed.stdin.write(data)) { grep.stdout.pause(); } }); sed.stdin.on('drain', function (data) { grep.stdout.resume(); }); // propagate end from grep to sed grep.stdout.on('end', function (code) { sed.stdin.end(); }); var result = ''; // print sed's output sed.stdout.on('data', function (data) { result += data.toString('utf8', 0, data.length); util.print(data); }); sed.stdout.on('end', function (code) { assert.equal(result, 'hellO\nnOde\nwOrld\n'); });