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sbaden
sbaden

Reputation: 565

Using node-cmd in React... Getting TypeError: exec is not a function

I'm using npm node-cmd in my react app and it is failing on cmd.get (sending commands to the terminal).

All my code works in vanilla html and javascript but I need it to work in React. I'm thinking my setup is wrong in react.

     import cmd from 'node-cmd';


     let projDir = result.substr(0, result.lastIndexOf('/')+1);
     let projFile = result.substr(result.lastIndexOf('/')+1);

     let copyFile = "cp '" + projFile + "' pproXML.gz";
     let unzip = "gunzip -d pproXML.gz";
     let rename = "mv pproXML pproXML.prproj";
     let targetXml = projDir + 'pproXML.prproj';  

     let cmdStr =
          "cd ..'" + projDir + "'\n" +
          copyFile + "\n" +
          unzip + "\n" +
          rename + "\n" +
          "ls";

     // FAILS HERE
     cmd.get(
          cmdStr,
          function(err, data, stderr){
               alert(data);
          }

I'm getting TypeError: exec is not a function

Upvotes: 1

Views: 6182

Answers (1)

farvilain
farvilain

Reputation: 2562

exec is not a function tell me that things get wrong on node-cmd.

Just open the lib: var exec = require('child_process').exec;

That line will never work from browser. Just try with a single ls

Upvotes: 1

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