cp.spawn/spawnSync have very different semantics to execve though. They maintain a parent process, which I imagine is what Daniel is trying to avoid.
On Mon, Jan 16, 2017 at 2:26 PM, Fedor Indutny <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm not sure if it helps, but have you already tried > child_process.spawnSync? > > On Mon, Jan 16, 2017 at 09:11 Daniel Risacher <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I find deep irony in your answer, in that I was trying to rewrite a >> simple script that I'd already written in perl with a nodejs version to >> eliminate the perl dependency. >> >> >> On Thursday, January 12, 2017 at 9:53:38 AM UTC-5, Matt Sergeant wrote: >> >> No there's no equivalent to it, mostly because Windows has no way to do >> it. Maybe try perl instead. >> >> On Fri, Jan 6, 2017 at 5:08 PM, Daniel Risacher <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> Is it possible to execute another program in the manner of execve(2)? >> >> I.e. as the man page says, "execve() does not return on success, and the >> text, data, bss, and stack of the calling process are overwritten by that >> of the program loaded." >> >> I don't see any function in the core modules that does this. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> >> Job board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ >> >> >> New group rules: https://gist.github.com/othiym23/9886289#file- >> moderation-policy-md >> >> >> Old group rules: https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List- >> Posting-Guidelines >> >> >> --- >> >> >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "nodejs" group. >> >> >> >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> >> >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> >> >> >> >> To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/ >> msgid/nodejs/026d265f-93a4-4369-ae5e-7ef6433e0d3e%40googlegroups.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/nodejs/026d265f-93a4-4369-ae5e-7ef6433e0d3e%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> >> >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> >> Job board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ >> >> >> New group rules: https://gist.github.com/othiym23/9886289#file- >> moderation-policy-md >> >> >> Old group rules: https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List- >> Posting-Guidelines >> >> >> --- >> >> >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "nodejs" group. >> >> >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> >> >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> >> >> To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/ >> msgid/nodejs/0e858cf2-d3de-44d9-aa2e-18805cd764d4%40googlegroups.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/nodejs/0e858cf2-d3de-44d9-aa2e-18805cd764d4%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> >> >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> >> -- > Job board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ > New group rules: https://gist.github.com/othiym23/9886289#file- > moderation-policy-md > Old group rules: https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List- > Posting-Guidelines > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "nodejs" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/ > msgid/nodejs/CAEv2VfKFHS803Lh9srVB%3DqSy-wFi20j6%2B%2BDEfo% > 2BQcg74aStb3A%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/nodejs/CAEv2VfKFHS803Lh9srVB%3DqSy-wFi20j6%2B%2BDEfo%2BQcg74aStb3A%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Job board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ New group rules: https://gist.github.com/othiym23/9886289#file-moderation-policy-md Old group rules: https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "nodejs" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/nodejs/CAPJ5V2Z54nrCzGSUFAs2TvLPSHNivG-6WUH5UkXjGZWk1PfOLA%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
