Process

Process utilities.

Installation

npm install @stdlib/process

Alternatively,

• To load the package in a website via a script tag without installation and bundlers, use the ES Module available on the esm branch.
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• For use in Observable, or in browser/node environments, use the Universal Module Definition (UMD) build available on the umd branch.

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Usage

var ns = require( '@stdlib/process' );

ns

Namespace containing process utilities.

var proc = ns;
// returns {...}

The namespace contains process utilities:

• ARGV: array containing command-line arguments passed when launching the calling process.
• chdir( path ): change the current working directory.
• cwd(): return the current working directory.
• ENV: object containing the user environment.
• EXEC_PATH: absolute pathname of the executable which started the current Node.js process.
• getegid(): return the effective numeric group identity of the calling process.
• geteuid(): return the effective numeric user identity of the calling process.
• getgid(): return the numeric group identity of the calling process.
• getuid(): return the numeric user identity of the calling process.
• NODE_VERSION: node version.
• stdin( [encoding,] clbk ): read data from stdin.
• umask( [mask,] [options] ): get/set the process mask.

Examples

var objectKeys = require( '@stdlib/utils/keys' );
var ns = require( '@stdlib/process' );

console.log( objectKeys( ns ) );

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Notice

This package is part of stdlib, a standard library for JavaScript and Node.js, with an emphasis on numerical and scientific computing. The library provides a collection of robust, high performance libraries for mathematics, statistics, streams, utilities, and more.

For more information on the project, filing bug reports and feature requests, and guidance on how to develop stdlib, see the main project repository.

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License

See LICENSE.

Copyright

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