'use strict'; var common = require('../common'); var assert = require('assert'); var os = require('os'); switch (process.argv[2]) { case 'child': return child(); case undefined: return parent(); default: throw new Error('wtf? ' + process.argv[2]); } function parent() { var spawn = require('child_process').spawn; var child = spawn(process.execPath, [__filename, 'child']); var output = ''; child.stderr.on('data', function(c) { output += c; }); child.stderr.setEncoding('utf8'); child.stderr.on('end', function() { assert.equal(output, 'I can still debug!' + os.EOL); console.log('ok - got expected message'); }); child.on('exit', function(c) { assert(!c); console.log('ok - child exited nicely'); }); } function child() { // even when all hope is lost... process.nextTick = function() { throw new Error('No ticking!'); }; var stderr = process.stderr; stderr.write = function() { throw new Error('No writing to stderr!'); }; process._rawDebug('I can still %s!', 'debug'); }