README.md

#spawn-series

If you want to spawn commands, while blocking the next command untill earlier finishes execution use this module. This uses child_process.spawn for spawning the process.

Usage

npm install --save spawn-series

API

spawnSeries(commands [, finish [, foreach]] )

Arguments

commands

This should be an array of objects in the format:

[
	{
		command: 'command1' // command to execute
		args: ['arg1', 'arg2', 'arg3'], // optional arguments for command,
		options: {
			// options for child_process.spawn
		},
		when: function (i, cmdObj) { // optional function to decide if command should be executed
			return evaluateCondition();
		}
	},
	{
		command: 'command2',
		args: ['arg1', 'arg2', 'arg3']
	},
	{
		command: 'command3'
	}
]

Each object should contain a
command to be run and may contain
args [optional] an array of arguments for command
options [optional] options to be passed to child_process.spawn
when [optional] a function that evaluates a condition to whether to run or skip this command execution.

finish

An optional callback function to be called when spawn-series finishes execution.

Signature: function (code, i, cmdObj)
Arguments:
If all commands finish successfully, code will be 0.
Else if one of the commands fail:
code: exit code of failed command
i: failed command number in commands array
cmdObj: failed command object from commands array

foreach

An optional callback function that is called when each command in commmands array is spawned.

Signature: function (child, i, cmdObj)
Arguments:
child: current child process spawned
i: current command number in array passed to spawnSeries's as first argument
cmdObj: current command object in array passed to spawnSeries's as first argument

Use this method attach listeners to the child process.

Example

var spawnSeries = require('spawn-series');

spawnSeries(
	[
		{
			command: 'git',
			args: ['clone', '[email protected]:someid/somerepo.git'],
			options: {
				stdio: 'inherit'
			}
		},
		{
			command: 'npm',
			args: ['install'],
			options: {
				cwd: './some-repo',
				stdio: 'inherit'
			},
			when: function () {
				return fs.existsSync('./some-repo/package.json');
			}
		},
		{
			command: 'bower',
			args: ['install'],
			options: {
				cwd: './some-repo',
				stdio: 'inherit'
			},
			when: function () {
				return fs.existsSync('./some-repo/bower.json');
			}
		}
	],
	function (code, i, cmdObj) {
		//finish callback
		if (code === 0) {
			console.log('Finished setting up some-repo');
		} else {
			console.log('Error while setting up some-repo in command: ' + cmdObj.command);
		}
	},
	function (child, i, cmdObj) {
		//foreach callback
		console.log('Starting: ' + cmdObj.command + ' ' + cmdObj.args.join(' '));
		child.on('close', function (code) {
			console.log('Finished: ' + cmdObj.command + ' ' + cmdObj.args.join(' '));
		});
	}
)