node/test/parallel/test-child-process-spawnsync-shell.js
cjihrig c3bb4b1aa5 child_process: add shell option to spawn()
This commit adds a shell option, to spawn() and spawnSync(). This
option allows child processes to be spawned with or without a
shell. The option also allows a custom shell to be defined, for
compatibility with exec()'s shell option.

Fixes: https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/1009
PR-URL: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4598
Reviewed-By: Ben Noordhuis <info@bnoordhuis.nl>
Reviewed-By: James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com>
2016-01-26 19:40:43 -05:00

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'use strict';
const common = require('../common');
const assert = require('assert');
const cp = require('child_process');
// Verify that a shell is, in fact, executed
const doesNotExist = cp.spawnSync('does-not-exist', {shell: true});
assert.notEqual(doesNotExist.file, 'does-not-exist');
assert.strictEqual(doesNotExist.error, undefined);
assert.strictEqual(doesNotExist.signal, null);
if (common.isWindows)
assert.strictEqual(doesNotExist.status, 1); // Exit code of cmd.exe
else
assert.strictEqual(doesNotExist.status, 127); // Exit code of /bin/sh
// Verify that passing arguments works
const echo = cp.spawnSync('echo', ['foo'], {shell: true});
assert.strictEqual(echo.args[echo.args.length - 1].replace(/"/g, ''),
'echo foo');
assert.strictEqual(echo.stdout.toString().trim(), 'foo');
// Verify that shell features can be used
const cmd = common.isWindows ? 'echo bar | more' : 'echo bar | cat';
const command = cp.spawnSync(cmd, {shell: true});
assert.strictEqual(command.stdout.toString().trim(), 'bar');
// Verify that the environment is properly inherited
const env = cp.spawnSync(`"${process.execPath}" -pe process.env.BAZ`, {
env: Object.assign({}, process.env, {BAZ: 'buzz'}),
shell: true
});
assert.strictEqual(env.stdout.toString().trim(), 'buzz');