Fix spawning of Node.js binaries (.cmd files) on Windows (#6)

* Fix spawning of .bat/.cmd files on Windows * Code style fixes
arjunmehta · Apr 2, 2017 · b906ba0 · b906ba0
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diff --git a/lib/Spawn.js b/lib/Spawn.js
@@ -3,7 +3,17 @@ var spawn = require('child_process').spawn;
 function Spawn(stream, command, args, name, output) {
   var exited = false;
   var ended = false;
-  var spawnedProcess = spawn(command, args);
+  var spawnedProcess;
+  var options;
+
+  if (process.platform === 'win32') {
+    options = {
+      // required so that .bat/.cmd files can be spawned
+      shell: process.env.comspec || 'cmd.exe'
+    };
+  }
+
+  spawnedProcess = spawn(command, args, options);
 
   this.id = name;