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karan
karan

Reputation: 71

Executing .bat file using Java-script

Can someone help me in finding a solution for executing a batch file using java-script, i am currently working with nw.js and i tried couple of things which worked for .exe but not for .bat 

var execFile = require 
('child_process').execFile, child;
child = execFile('C:\\WorkLog\\Software\\abc.exe', //works
//child = execFile('C:\\PDFRotation\\Run.bat', //not working

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1127

Answers (2)

Lance
Lance

Reputation: 3932

You don't actually execute a batch file. You execute cmd.exe and give it the batch file as a parameter.

Upvotes: 1

James Parsons
James Parsons

Reputation: 6047

A batch program is not really an executable, so you might have to use cmd.exe to invoke the batch file try something like:

var spawn = require('child-process').spawn;

spawn('cmd.exe', ['yourfile.bat']);

Upvotes: 2

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