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TypeScript definitions for cross-spawn
The @types/cross-spawn package provides TypeScript type definitions for the cross-spawn library, which is a cross-platform solution for executing shell commands. This package is essential for TypeScript developers who use cross-spawn, as it enables type checking and IntelliSense support in IDEs for the cross-spawn API.
Spawning a child process
This feature allows you to spawn a child process, similar to the child_process.spawn method in Node.js, but with improved cross-platform support. The code sample demonstrates how to spawn a child process to run the 'npm install' command.
import { spawn } from 'cross-spawn';
const child = spawn('npm', ['install'], { stdio: 'inherit' });
Using spawn.sync
This feature provides a synchronous version of the spawn function, which blocks the Node.js event loop while the child process runs. This can be useful for scripting and simple command execution where you need to wait for the command to complete before continuing. The code sample shows how to synchronously run 'npm install'.
import { spawn } from 'cross-spawn';
const result = spawn.sync('npm', ['install'], { stdio: 'inherit' });
This is a core Node.js module that provides the ability to spawn subprocesses. While it offers similar functionality to cross-spawn, it lacks some of the cross-platform fixes that cross-spawn implements, such as handling of Windows file extension differences and PATH issues.
Execa is a popular npm package that improves the child_process methods. It provides more detailed error handling, result parsing, and promises support. Compared to @types/cross-spawn, execa offers a higher-level API with more features but requires its own type definitions for TypeScript users.
npm install --save @types/cross-spawn
This package contains type definitions for cross-spawn (https://github.com/moxystudio/node-cross-spawn).
Files were exported from https://github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped/tree/master/types/cross-spawn.
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TypeScript definitions for cross-spawn
We found that @types/cross-spawn demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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