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Blobafet
Blobafet

Reputation: 509

How can I run an npm script with a file path in windows?

I am working on a project with a windows machine, and I have a few npm scripts like this:

"start" : "./foo/bar"

When I try to run npm run start I get this error:

.\foo\bar is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

I noticed the forward slash has been flipped to a backslash for windows, but also if I run this command on its own the bash terminal will interrupt them as 'escapes' and return:

bash: .foobar: command not found

The file runs ok in the terminal if I use ./foo/bar or .\\foo\\bar but not if I use these in the npm script.

What can I do to have this working in Windows? Furthermore is there a way to write it to be compatible for Win/Mac/Linux?

Upvotes: 4

Views: 1844

Answers (1)

fabpico
fabpico

Reputation: 2927

It works when you first do a cd with normal slashes (npm/nodejs seems to resolve this depending on the OS), then you only have to specify the file.

  "scripts": {
    "not-working": "scripts/another-folder/foo.cmd",
    "working": "cd scripts/another-folder && foo.cmd"
  },

Upvotes: 1

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