run a windows batch file from node.js

Question

am trying to run a test.bat file inside node.js

here is the code

var exec = require(\'child_process\').execFile;

case \'/start\':
    req.on(\'data         


        

Answer 1

The easiest way I know for execute that is following code :

require('child_process').exec("path/to/your/file.bat", function (err, stdout, stderr) {
    if (err) {
        // Ooops.
        // console.log(stderr);
        return console.log(err);
    }

    // Done.
    console.log(stdout);
});

You could replace "path/to/your/file.bat" by __dirname + "/file.bat" if your file is in the directory of your current script for example.