execFile is for buffering the output and storing it in a single value in the callback. spawn is for streaming the results. My guess is execFile ignores the custom stdio pipes.
On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 4:22 PM, James Coglan <[email protected]> wrote: > On 21 September 2012 12:40, James Coglan <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I'd like to have my command-line Node program invoke another interactive >> shell program (in this case w3m, but think vim, less, and so on) as a child >> process so that it appears in my terminal. I thought I could do that like >> this: >> >> require('child_process').execFile('w3m', ['http://www.google.com'], >> {stdio: 'inherit'}) > > > Turns out I can do what I want using spawn() instead of execFile(). I don't > quite understand why from the docs -- someone care to enlighten me as to > what's going on with processes and I/O streams and what the difference is > between the two functions? > > -- > Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ > Posting guidelines: > 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 post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en -- Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ Posting guidelines: 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 post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en
