How do you run an external program in node.js on windows?

javascript, node.js

Solution

I have a web server app for controlling a queue of builds on windows XP and I used it to run batch files or executables without any additional packages.

I would check the error parameter on the callback and stderr as this may help you find the reason it does not work.

My example solution out of my server which I hope helps:

var theJobType = 'FOO';
var exec = require('child_process').exec;
var child = exec('Test.exe ' + theJobType, function( error, stdout, stderr) 
   {
       if ( error != null ) {
            console.log(stderr);
            // error handling & exit
       }

       // normal 

   });

Problem

I'm creating an automated web app build process with node.js on windows. I'm trying to run our code through Google closure java program. I read the documentation on child_process in the node documents. It mentions it doesnt work in windows yet. Is there a package or work around for this? Heres the code im trying to run. ``` var _exec = require('child_process').exec; _exec( 'java ' + '-jar '+ COMPILER_JAR +' --js '+ srcPath +' --js_output_file '+ distPath, function(e){ echo( "google closure done...."); echo( e ); } ); ```

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