@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ replace the existing process and uses a shell to execute the command.*
175175
176176### child_process.execFile(file[ , args] [ , options ] [ , callback] )
177177
178- * ` file ` {String} The filename of the program to run
178+ * ` file ` {String} A path to an executable file
179179* ` args ` {Array} List of string arguments
180180* ` options ` {Object}
181181 * ` cwd ` {String} Current working directory of the child process
@@ -193,20 +193,20 @@ replace the existing process and uses a shell to execute the command.*
193193 * ` stderr ` {Buffer}
194194* Return: ChildProcess object
195195
196- The ` child_process.execFile() ` method is similar to [ ` child_process.exec() ` ] [ ]
197- except that it does not first spawn a shell. Rather, the specified ` command ` is
198- spawned directly as a new process making it slightly more efficient than
199- [ ` child_process.exec() ` ] [ ] . The same options are support by both
200- ` child_process.exec() ` and ` child_process.execFile() ` .
196+ The ` child_process.execFile() ` function is similar to [ ` child_process.exec() ` ] [ ]
197+ except that it does not spawn a shell. Rather, the specified executable ` file `
198+ is spawned directly as a new process making it slightly more efficient than
199+ [ ` child_process.exec() ` ] [ ] .
201200
202- const exec = require('child_process').execFile;
203- const child = execFile('cat *.js bad_file | wc -l',
204- (error, stdout, stderr) => {
205- console.log(`stdout: ${stdout}`);
206- console.log(`stderr: ${stderr}`);
207- if (error !== null) {
208- console.log(`exec error: ${error}`);
209- }
201+ The same options as ` child_process.exec() ` are supported. Since a shell is not
202+ spawned, behaviors such as I/O redirection and file globbing are not supported.
203+
204+ const execFile = require('child_process').execFile;
205+ const child = execFile('node', ['--version'], (error, stdout, stderr) => {
206+ if (error) {
207+ throw error;
208+ }
209+ console.log(stdout);
210210 });
211211
212212### child_process.fork(modulePath[ , args] [ , options ] )
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