From 6346c4278c440674be5ef5c0b0d9b60436589c56 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Bartosz Sosnowski Date: Fri, 8 Dec 2017 11:56:53 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] doc: mark accessing IPC channel fd as undefined Adds note that accessing the fd of the IPC channel in any other way than process.send, or using the IPC channel with child processes that is not Node.js is not supported. --- doc/api/child_process.md | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/api/child_process.md b/doc/api/child_process.md index 768eb91a83de77..80b74929b03fdb 100644 --- a/doc/api/child_process.md +++ b/doc/api/child_process.md @@ -621,6 +621,10 @@ pipes between the parent and child. The value is one of the following: will enable [`process.send()`][], [`process.disconnect()`][], [`process.on('disconnect')`][], and [`process.on('message')`] within the child. + + Accessing the IPC channel fd in any way other than [`process.send()`][] + or using the IPC channel with a child process that is not a Node.js instance + is not supported. 3. `'ignore'` - Instructs Node.js to ignore the fd in the child. While Node.js will always open fds 0 - 2 for the processes it spawns, setting the fd to `'ignore'` will cause Node.js to open `/dev/null` and attach it to the