@tapjs/spawn

A default tap plugin providing t.spawn().

USAGE

This plugin is installed with tap by default. If you had
previously removed it, you can tap plugin add @tapjs/spawn to
bring it back.

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Options for t.spawn()

All of the normal Base and Extra options are also allowed.

- cwd - string, the current working directory of the subprocess
- env - Environment variables for the subprocess. Defaults to
process.env
- stdio - ChildProcess stdio option. Standard output is
always set to 'pipe', because that's how it communicates test
results, and file descriptor 3 is set to an IPC channel for
sending timeout signals.
- command (internal) - the command to run (set by first
argument to t.spawn)
- args (internal) - arguments to subprocess (set by second
argument to t.spawn)
- exitCode (internal) - Set on exit. The exit code of the
process, or null if terminated with a signal.
- signal (internal) - Set on exit. Terminating signal, or null
of not terminated with a signal.

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Arguments:

- cmd string - The command to run
- args (optional) string | string[] - Arguments to pass to
the command.
- options (optional) SpawnOpts object

Spawns a process when the test starts, parsing its standard
output as a TAP stream.

This is how the tap CLI runs test programs.

Returns a Promise that resolves when the test is complete. The
subtest member on the Promise is a
Spawn
instance.