exec error: Error: Command failed: ?!

[stoffel]

hallo @ all ,

i am new here and german, so sorry for my english :-)

i build my first module. i started with this simple module.

it works. then i add an exec command

exec("bash ../MagicMirror/config/test.sh", (error, stdout, stderr) => {
	if (error) {
		console.error(`exec error: ${error}`)
		return;
	}

thats works ?! i am not sure.
the test.sh

cp ../MagicMirror/config/config.js ../MagicMirror/config/config_1.js
pm2 restart all

in my custom_menu.json i have an entry that send the notification TEST, my MMM_MeinModul.js recieved this and send

this.sendSocketNotification('START_TEST', {});

when my node_helper.js recieved this then call the function with the exec command.

the result is an error at pm2 log:

exec error: Error: Command failed: bash ../MagicMirror/config/test.sh

but thats not true. the pm2 restart all are executed and restart the mm.

playerRadio
0|MagicMirror  | [06.07.2021 19:22.56.851] [LOG]   Stopping module helper: MMM-Tools
0|MagicMirror  | [06.07.2021 19:22.56.883] [ERROR] 
0|MagicMirror  | exec error: Error: Command failed: bash ../MagicMirror/config/test.sh
0|MagicMirror  | > magicmirror@2.16.0 start /home/pi/MagicMirror
0|MagicMirror  | > DISPLAY="${DISPLAY:=:0}" ./node_modules/.bin/electron js/electron.js
0|MagicMirror  | [06.07.2021 19:23.02.329] [LOG]   
0|MagicMirror  | Starting MagicMirror: v2.16.0

so, i think the cp command not work, but i dont understand the problem.

here my module

Module.register("MMM-MeinModul",{
	defaults: {
		text: "Sergio"
	},

	getDom: function() {
		var wrapper = document.createElement("div");
		wrapper.innerHTML = this.config.text;
		return wrapper;
	},

	start: function() {
		this.sendSocketNotification('CONFIG', this.config);
	},

	socketNotificationReceived: function(notification, payload) {
		if (notification === 'STARTED') {
			console.log("MMM-MeinModule notification [" + notification + "] payload [" + payload + "]")
			this.config.text = 'Started';
			this.updateDom();
		}
	},
	
	notificationReceived: function(notification, payload) {
		if (notification === 'TEST') {
			console.log("MMM-MeinModule notification [" + notification + "] payload [" + payload + "]")
			this.config.text = 'changed';
			this.updateDom();
			this.sendSocketNotification('START_TEST', {});
		}
	}
});

and here my node_helper

var NodeHelper = require("node_helper");
const exec = require("child_process").exec;

module.exports = NodeHelper.create({
	start: function () {
		this.config = {}
	},
	
copyfile: function () {
console.log(__dirname)
exec("bash ../MagicMirror/config/test.sh", (error, stdout, stderr) => {
	if (error) {
		console.error(`exec error: ${error}`)
		return;
	}
});
},

	socketNotificationReceived: function (notification, payload) {
		if (notification === 'CONFIG') {
			this.config = payload;
			console.log("MMM-MeinModule node_helper (config) notification [" + notification + "] payload [" + payload + "]")
			this.sendSocketNotification('STARTED',payload);
		}
		if (notification === 'START_TEST') {
			console.log("MMM-MeinModule node_helper (TEST) notification [" + notification + "] payload [" + payload + "]")
			this.copyfile();
		}
	}
});

can sameone get a hint please ?

[sdetweil]

@stoffel make sure to change to the right folder …

console.log(__dirname) is where the source file is located, NOT the current folder

when modules are executed, the current folder is where the caller is…

pm2 doesn’t launch MM from within the MM folder…

best to use the full path

this.path is the full path to the module folder

[stoffel]

hallo sdetweil,

have you finished your config-module :face_with_steam_from_nose: ?

the __dirname was from the beginning when i have a file not found error. now its found and i think the exec comand works, in log you can see after the error restart mm but i have no error message from then cp command. so i can not find whats the problem is. in the console.log i have no errors. where can i see error messages from the cp command.

[sdetweil]

@stoffel yes, my config module is pretty good…
waiting for more error reports from users …

because you are launching the program (bash) … the console comes to your program not to the log…

in my uploadPics module I just console.log() whatever comes back from my shell pgm…
then it shows in the MM log

[stoffel]

@sdetweil

fine, i will test it at WE.
Now its time to sleep. i test tomorrow with sh … and without bash/sh

[stoffel]

@sdetweil

i’v test the exec command without bash… thats not work, i have a
/bin/sh: 1: …/MagicMirror/config/test.sh: Permission denied

with bash it works now, but the filename is a bit crazy

thats at ssh console. in filezilla the filename is correct but says no such file or directory

i have no idea what gos wrong

[sdetweil]

@stoffel us the file marked excecutable?

ls -laF ../MagicMirror/config/test.sh

if the file starts with the shebang, then u don’t need to use bash either

#!/bin/bash
rest of script

chmod +x ../MagicMirror/config/test.sh

it is really in the config folder?

[stoffel]

@sdetweil

look at my first post, its a simple text-file with the extension .sh and its executable -rw-r–r–
the test.sh is not the problem, the file ist found and execute it. the problem was the cp command. but now i soved the problem.

cp -a -v ../MagicMirror/config/config.js ../MagicMirror/config/config_1.js 1>> ./log_erfolgreich.txt 2>> ./log_fehlgeschlagen.txt
pm2 restart all

i add the option -a . now its work !!
the log_erfolgreich.txt and log_fehlgeschlagen.txt are found in the MagicMirror dir, so cp starts at this dir.
the

../MagicMirror/

are needed, maybe mm starts from the .pm2 dir?!

i play around with it and other files (txt, png…)
i am lucky :-)
thanks very much for your help.

at WE i test your config-module and post it

[sdetweil]

@stoffel said in exec error: Error: Command failed: ?!:

and its executable -rw-r–r–

is NOT executable

it needs the x flag

now its executable xrwxr–xr–

there are 3 bits each

for the user themselves
for others in the same group as the user
and for ‘others’

sometimes shortened to UGA

u can set the flags with
chmod the numbers 7 is all bits (777)
or just for the user 766
or read only for anyone except the user 744

to turn on the execute flag for any and all its +x
(to turn it off is -x)
r and w are read and write

[sdetweil]

@stoffel said in exec error: Error: Command failed: ?!:

its a simple text-file

unix is cool… ANYTHING can be executable… and a ‘script’ is just a text file with the executable flag on
the .sh means nothing (just convention to say shell script)

I dson’t use .sh in most of my scripts, cause its just another thing the user has to type and doesn’t help

also, in unix, if the 1st line of the executable text file

starts with shebang #!
then the program to execute this ‘script’ is specified next

#!/bin/bash 

means bash will execute this program, so bash (/bin/bash) is launched and passed this script