cross-spawn-with-kill
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Adds cross-platform `kill` function to cross-spawn processes
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cross-spawn-with-kill
Adds cross-platform kill
function to cross-spawn processes
The problem
cross-spawn
is a cross platform solution to node's spawn
. However, it
doesn't provide a mechanism for "killing" the process after it's begun (in a cross platform manner).
This solution
This solution provides a kill
function on the child
returned from spawn
which will kill the corresponding process
when invoked. It does not work with spawn.sync
as the process will be finished before your code could run anyway.
Installation
This module is distributed via npm which is bundled with node and should
be installed as one of your project's dependencies
:
npm install --save cross-spawn-with-kill
Usage
const spawn = require('cross-spawn-with-kill')
const child = spawn('webpack')
child.kill() // <-- that's the ✨ magic ✨ extra function
Inspiration
Big thank you goes to @mysticatea for his original work on npm-run-all from which this project was derived.
Other Solutions
There are none that I'm aware of. The issue on
cross-spawn
requesting this feature was rejected. Hence the creation of this module.
Contributors
Thanks goes to these people (emoji key):
| Kent C. Dodds💻 📖 🚇 ⚠️ | Toru Nagashima💻 | | :---: | :---: |
This project follows the all-contributors specification. Contributions of any kind welcome!
LICENSE
MIT