Node.JS child processes being killed when parent dies

Question

I am using child_process.spawn() to start a script from my Node.JS application running on Ubuntu. As far as I know, standard forked or spawned *nix processes don\'t generall

Answer 1

you need to set the detached option

If the detached option is set, the child process will be made the leader of a new process group. This makes it possible for the child to continue running after the parent exits.

var child = spawn('prg', [], {
   detached: true,
   stdio: [ 'ignore', out, err ]
 });