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child_process: Fix stdout=null when stdio=['pipe']
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Previously, a command with a short stdio array would result in the child's
stdout and stderr objects set to null. For example:

var c = child_process.spawn(cmd, args, {stdio: ['pipe']});
// results in c.stdout === null.

The expected behavior is the above line functioning the same as this one:

var c = child_process.spawn(cmd, args, {stdio: ['pipe', null, null]});
// provides correct (non-null) c.stdout; as does the above, after this fix.
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tylerneylon authored and isaacs committed Aug 4, 2012
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7 changes: 4 additions & 3 deletions lib/child_process.js
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Expand Up @@ -709,9 +709,10 @@ ChildProcess.prototype.spawn = function(options) {
}

// At least 3 stdio will be created
if (stdio.length < 3) {
stdio = stdio.concat(new Array(3 - stdio.length));
}
// Don't concat() a new Array() because it would be sparse, and
// stdio.reduce() would skip the sparse elements of stdio.
// See http://stackoverflow.com/a/5501711/3561
while (stdio.length < 3) stdio.push(undefined);

// Translate stdio into C++-readable form
// (i.e. PipeWraps or fds)
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36 changes: 36 additions & 0 deletions test/simple/test-child-process-stdio.js
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var common = require('../common');
var assert = require('assert');
var spawn = require('child_process').spawn;

var options = {stdio: ['pipe']};
var child = common.spawnPwd(options);

assert.notEqual(child.stdout, null);
assert.notEqual(child.stderr, null);

options = {stdio: 'ignore'};
child = common.spawnPwd(options);

assert.equal(child.stdout, null);
assert.equal(child.stderr, null);

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