child_process won't execute

[Temisola1]

@sdetweil said in child_process won't execute:

node testit.js

Yes, that works in the console.

[Temisola1]

@sdetweil So I tried putting in the full path in my node_helper as opposed to relative path and that seemed to work. is there a way I can log the current directory in nodejs. It seems that’s the issue

[Temisola1]

@sdetweil after running successfully a few times it now returns Buffer 48 45 5c… or something that looks like hexadecimal code

[sdetweil]

@Temisola1 the node_helper doesn’t know where it is… but the Modulename does…

this.path

so, you can add that to the config info you send down in the typical

sendSocketNotification(“somevalue”, this.config)

to pass parameters to the node_helper

[sdetweil]

@Temisola1 said in child_process won't execute:

after running successfully a few times it now returns

u need to cleanup when the invoked process ends

process.on('exit', function() {
  if (x) {
    x.kill();
  }
});

[joshwilsonvu]

@sdetweil I just want to recommend the execa package as it solves some issues with “child_process,” like cleaning up when the process exits.

[Temisola1]

Thank you all for all your wonderful suggestions. I’m able to run my python script successfully now. Thanks!