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# cross-spawn [](https://travis-ci.org/IndigoUnited/node-cross-spawn)
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A cross platform solution to node's spawn.
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## Installation
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`$ npm install cross-spawn`
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## Why
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Node has issues when using spawn on Windows:
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- It ignores [PATHEXT](https://github.com/joyent/node/issues/2318)
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- It does not support [shebangs](http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shebang)
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- It does not allow you to run `del` or `dir`
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All these issues are handled correctly by `cross-spawn`.
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There are some known modules, such as [win-spawn](https://github.com/ForbesLindesay/win-spawn), that try to solve this but they are either broken or provide faulty escaping of shell arguments.
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## Usage
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Exactly the same way as node's spawn, so it's a drop in replacement.
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## Tests
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`$ npm test`
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## License
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Released under the [MIT License](http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php).
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