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Useful for executing in a shell because it accepts arguments as an array instead of a string as exec does. Depending on the circumstances, that can prove to be useful if the arguments are already prepared. Fixes: #18199
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| normally be created on Windows systems. **Default:** `false`. | |||
| * `windowsVerbatimArguments` {boolean} No quoting or escaping of arguments is | |||
| done on Windows. Ignored on Unix. **Default:** `false`. | |||
| * `shell` {string} Shell to execute the command with. | |||
| **Default:** `'/bin/sh'` on UNIX, `process.env.ComSpec` on Windows. See | |||
| [Shell Requirements][] and [Default Windows Shell][]. | |||
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There are several places in this file where it is stated that a shell is not spawned. These will have to be updated otherwise the docs will be contradictory.
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thanks for the review, i will take care of this today
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Useful for executing in a shell because it accepts arguments as an array instead of a string as exec does. Depending on the circumstances, that can prove to be useful if the arguments are already prepared. PR-URL: #18237 Fixes: #18199 Reviewed-By: Julian Duque <julianduquej@gmail.com> Reviewed-By: James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com> Reviewed-By: Adrian Estrada <edsadr@gmail.com> Reviewed-By: Ruben Bridgewater <ruben@bridgewater.de>
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Useful for executing in a shell because it accepts arguments as an array instead of a string as exec does. Depending on the circumstances, that can prove to be useful if the arguments are already prepared. PR-URL: #18237 Fixes: #18199 Reviewed-By: Julian Duque <julianduquej@gmail.com> Reviewed-By: James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com> Reviewed-By: Adrian Estrada <edsadr@gmail.com> Reviewed-By: Ruben Bridgewater <ruben@bridgewater.de>
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Useful for executing in a shell because it accepts arguments as an array instead of a string as exec does. Depending on the circumstances, that can prove to be useful if the arguments are already prepared. PR-URL: #18237 Fixes: #18199 Reviewed-By: Julian Duque <julianduquej@gmail.com> Reviewed-By: James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com> Reviewed-By: Adrian Estrada <edsadr@gmail.com> Reviewed-By: Ruben Bridgewater <ruben@bridgewater.de>
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Useful for executing in a shell because it accepts arguments as an array instead of a string as exec does. Depending on the circumstances, that can prove to be useful if the arguments are already prepared. PR-URL: #18237 Fixes: #18199 Reviewed-By: Julian Duque <julianduquej@gmail.com> Reviewed-By: James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com> Reviewed-By: Adrian Estrada <edsadr@gmail.com> Reviewed-By: Ruben Bridgewater <ruben@bridgewater.de>
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Useful for executing in a shell because it accepts arguments as an array instead of a string as exec does. Depending on the circumstances, that can prove to be useful if the arguments are already prepared. PR-URL: #18237 Fixes: #18199 Reviewed-By: Julian Duque <julianduquej@gmail.com> Reviewed-By: James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com> Reviewed-By: Adrian Estrada <edsadr@gmail.com> Reviewed-By: Ruben Bridgewater <ruben@bridgewater.de>
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Useful for executing in a shell because it accepts arguments as an array instead of a string as exec does. Depending on the circumstances, that can prove to be useful if the arguments are already prepared. PR-URL: #18237 Fixes: #18199 Reviewed-By: Julian Duque <julianduquej@gmail.com> Reviewed-By: James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com> Reviewed-By: Adrian Estrada <edsadr@gmail.com> Reviewed-By: Ruben Bridgewater <ruben@bridgewater.de>
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Useful for executing in a shell because it accepts arguments as an array instead of a string as exec does. Depending on the circumstances, that can prove to be useful if the arguments are already prepared. PR-URL: #18237 Fixes: #18199 Reviewed-By: Julian Duque <julianduquej@gmail.com> Reviewed-By: James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com> Reviewed-By: Adrian Estrada <edsadr@gmail.com> Reviewed-By: Ruben Bridgewater <ruben@bridgewater.de>
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Useful for executing in a shell because it accepts arguments as an array instead of a string as exec does. Depending on the circumstances, that can prove to be useful if the arguments are already prepared. PR-URL: nodejs#18237 Fixes: nodejs#18199 Reviewed-By: Julian Duque <julianduquej@gmail.com> Reviewed-By: James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com> Reviewed-By: Adrian Estrada <edsadr@gmail.com> Reviewed-By: Ruben Bridgewater <ruben@bridgewater.de>
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Useful for executing in a shell because it accepts arguments as
an array instead of a string as exec does.
Depending on the circumstances,
that can prove to be useful if the arguments are already prepared.
Fixes: #18199
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