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child_process,Windows: fix docs for spawn({shell})
#14156
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/cc @nodejs/platform-windows @nodejs/documentation |
This is one of many problems arising from setting weird environments for child processes. Technically, the documentation is not entirely incorrect. Microsoft specifies that |
I think we should say that the value defaults to |
Ref #14157 |
Clarifies the default shell in Windows is process.env.ComSpec and that cmd.exe is only used as a fallback. Functions whose descriptions are affected include: child_process.spawn, child_process.exec, child_process.spawnsSync, and child_process.execSync. Fixes: nodejs#14156
Clarifies that the default shell in Windows is process.env.ComSpec and that cmd.exe is only used as a fallback. Functions whose descriptions are affected include: child_process.spawn, child_process.exec, child_process.spawnSync, and child_process.execSync. Fixes: nodejs#14156
Reorganizes `child_process` shell spawning information. Fixes: nodejs#14156
Small formatting fixes for shell spawning information. Fixes: nodejs#14156
Notation changes for `process.env.ComSpec` Fixes: nodejs#14156
Wrapped `%COMSPEC%` with percent signs. Fixes: nodejs#14156
Clarifies the default shell in Windows is process.env.ComSpec and that cmd.exe is only used as a fallback. Functions whose descriptions are affected include: child_process.spawn, child_process.exec, child_process.spawnsSync, and child_process.execSync. PR-URL: #14203 Fixes: #14156 Reviewed-By: Vse Mozhet Byt <vsemozhetbyt@gmail.com> Reviewed-By: James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com> Reviewed-By: Tobias Nießen <tniessen@tnie.de>
Clarifies the default shell in Windows is process.env.ComSpec and that cmd.exe is only used as a fallback. Functions whose descriptions are affected include: child_process.spawn, child_process.exec, child_process.spawnsSync, and child_process.execSync. PR-URL: #14203 Fixes: #14156 Reviewed-By: Vse Mozhet Byt <vsemozhetbyt@gmail.com> Reviewed-By: James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com> Reviewed-By: Tobias Nießen <tniessen@tnie.de>
https://nodejs.org/api/child_process.html#child_process_child_process_spawn_command_args_options erronously states that
cmd.exe
is the defaultshell
for windows, while infact it'sprocess.env.ComSpec
.The same goes for:
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