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', function (chunk) {});
    req.on('end', function () {
      console.log("INSIDE--------------------------------:");      
       exec('./uli.bat', function (err, data) {
        console.log(err);
        console.log(data);
        res.end(data);
      });
    });
    break;

while running this node.js file am getting

INSIDE--------------------------------:
{ [Error: Command failed: '.' is not recognized as an internal or ext
nd,
operable program or batch file.
] killed: false, code: 1, signal: null }

Answer 1

I have found the solution for it.. and its works fine for me. This opens up a new command window and runs my main node JS in child process. You need not give full path of cmd.exe. I was making that mistake.

var spawn = require('child_process').spawn,
ls    = spawn('cmd.exe', ['/c', 'my.bat']);

ls.stdout.on('data', function (data) {
console.log('stdout: ' + data);
});

ls.stderr.on('data', function (data) {
console.log('stderr: ' + data);
});

ls.on('exit', function (code) {
console.log('child process exited with code ' + code);
});