How do I run a Node.js script from within another Node.js script

Question

I have a standalone Node script called compile.js. It is sitting inside the main folder of a small Express app.

Sometimes I will run the compile.j

Answer 1

Forking a child process may be useful, see http://nodejs.org/api/child_process.html

From the example at link:

var cp = require('child_process');

var n = cp.fork(__dirname + '/sub.js');

n.on('message', function(m) {
  console.log('PARENT got message:', m);
});

n.send({ hello: 'world' });

Now, the child process would go like... also from the example:

process.on('message', function(m) {
  console.log('CHILD got message:', m);
});

process.send({ foo: 'bar' });

But to do simple tasks I think that creating a module that extends the events.EventEmitter class will do... http://nodejs.org/api/events.html