doc: clarify child_process.execFile{,Sync} file argument #5310
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The changes to the file argument of execFile in nodejs#4504 make it appear that execFile requires an absolute or relative path to the executable file, when it also supports a filename which will be resolved using $PATH. Although the example makes this clear, assuming there isn't a node binary in $CWD, it's easy to overlook. This commit clarifies that point. It also updates the argument description for execFileSync to match, since it was overlooked in nodejs#4504 and behaves identically. Signed-off-by: Kevin Locke <kevin@kevinlocke.name>
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The changes to the file argument of execFile in #4504 make it appear that execFile requires an absolute or relative path to the executable file, when it also supports a filename which will be resolved using $PATH. Although the example makes this clear, assuming there isn't a node binary in $CWD, it's easy to overlook. This commit clarifies that point. It also updates the argument description for execFileSync to match, since it was overlooked in #4504 and behaves identically. PR-URL: #5310 Reviewed-By: James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com>
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The changes to the file argument of execFile in #4504 make it appear that execFile requires an absolute or relative path to the executable file, when it also supports a filename which will be resolved using $PATH. Although the example makes this clear, assuming there isn't a node binary in $CWD, it's easy to overlook. This commit clarifies that point. It also updates the argument description for execFileSync to match, since it was overlooked in #4504 and behaves identically. PR-URL: #5310 Reviewed-By: James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com>
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The changes to the file argument of execFile in #4504 make it appear that execFile requires an absolute or relative path to the executable file, when it also supports a filename which will be resolved using $PATH. Although the example makes this clear, assuming there isn't a node binary in $CWD, it's easy to overlook. This commit clarifies that point. It also updates the argument description for execFileSync to match, since it was overlooked in #4504 and behaves identically. PR-URL: #5310 Reviewed-By: James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com>
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The changes to the file argument of execFile in #4504 make it appear that execFile requires an absolute or relative path to the executable file, when it also supports a filename which will be resolved using $PATH. Although the example makes this clear, assuming there isn't a node binary in $CWD, it's easy to overlook. This commit clarifies that point. It also updates the argument description for execFileSync to match, since it was overlooked in #4504 and behaves identically. PR-URL: #5310 Reviewed-By: James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com>
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The changes to the file argument of execFile in #4504 make it appear that execFile requires an absolute or relative path to the executable file, when it also supports a filename which will be resolved using $PATH. Although the example makes this clear, assuming there isn't a node binary in $CWD, it's easy to overlook. This commit clarifies that point. It also updates the argument description for execFileSync to match, since it was overlooked in #4504 and behaves identically. PR-URL: #5310 Reviewed-By: James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com>
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This may be a bit of a nit, but I thought it was worth fixing for clarity.
The changes to the
fileargument ofexecFilein #4504 make it appear thatexecFilerequires an absolute or relative path to the executable file, when in fact it also supports a filename which will be resolved using$PATH. Although the example clarifies this somewhat, assuming there isn't anodebinary in$CWD, it's easy to overlook. This commit clarifies that point.It also updates the argument description for
execFileSyncto match, since it was overlooked in #4504 and behaves identically.Thanks for considering,
Kevin