ChildProcess = require 'child_process' # Spawn a command and invoke the callback when it completes with an error # and the output from standard out. # # * `command` The underlying OS command {String} to execute. # * `args` (optional) The {Array} with arguments to be passed to command. # * `callback` (optional) The {Function} to call after the command has run. It will be invoked with arguments: # * `error` (optional) An {Error} object returned by the command, `null` if no error was thrown. # * `code` Error code returned by the command. # * `stdout` The {String} output text generated by the command. # * `stdout` The {String} output text generated by the command. # # Returns `undefined`. exports.spawn = (command, args, callback) -> stdout = '' try spawnedProcess = ChildProcess.spawn(command, args) catch error # Spawn can throw an error process.nextTick -> callback?(error, stdout) return spawnedProcess.stdout.on 'data', (data) -> stdout += data error = null spawnedProcess.on 'error', (processError) -> error ?= processError spawnedProcess.on 'close', (code, signal) -> error ?= new Error("Command failed: #{signal ? code}") if code isnt 0 error?.code ?= code error?.stdout ?= stdout callback?(error, stdout) # This is necessary if using Powershell 2 on Windows 7 to get the events to raise # http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9155289/calling-powershell-from-nodejs spawnedProcess.stdin.end()