Kills a child process created with spawn after X bytes are sent
npm install limit-spawnbash
npm install limit-spawn
`
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This is a soft limit, meaning that after more than MAX data is received the process is closed and the 'max-limit-exceeded' is emitted.
So this implies that you can receive more data than the limit (depending on the last chunk).
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`js
var spawn = require('child_process').spawn,
limit = require('../index'),
assert = require('assert'),
child, ps, bytesReceived, MAX_LIMIT;
MAX_LIMIT = 100 * 1024; // 100 Kb
child = spawn('node', ['forever-output.js'], {
cwd: __dirname
});
limit(child, MAX_LIMIT);
bytesReceived = 0;
child.stdout.on('data', function(data) {
bytesReceived += data.length;
});
child.stderr.pipe(process.stderr);
child.on('max-limit-exceeded', function(size) {
console.log('limit exceeded: ' + parseInt(size / 1024, 10) + ' Kb sent');
});
// shortly after the 'max-limit-exceeded' event is emitted the child dies
child.on('close', function(code) {
console.log('child process exited');
});
`
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`bash
npm test
``