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electron spawn cwd ignored issue on m1 mac
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8" />
<!-- https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/CSP -->
<meta
http-equiv="Content-Security-Policy"
content="default-src 'self'; script-src 'self'; style-src 'self' 'unsafe-inline'"
/>
<title>Hello World!</title>
</head>
<body>
<h1>Hello World!</h1>
<!-- You can also require other files to run in this process -->
<script src="./renderer.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
// Modules to control application life and create native browser window
const { app, BrowserWindow } = require("electron");
const path = require("path");
function createWindow() {
// Create the browser window.
const mainWindow = new BrowserWindow({
width: 800,
height: 600,
webPreferences: {
nodeIntegration: true,
contextIsolation: false,
},
});
// and load the index.html of the app.
mainWindow.loadFile("index.html");
// Open the DevTools.
// mainWindow.webContents.openDevTools()
}
// This method will be called when Electron has finished
// initialization and is ready to create browser windows.
// Some APIs can only be used after this event occurs.
app.whenReady().then(() => {
createWindow();
app.on("activate", function () {
// On macOS it's common to re-create a window in the app when the
// dock icon is clicked and there are no other windows open.
if (BrowserWindow.getAllWindows().length === 0) createWindow();
});
});
// Quit when all windows are closed, except on macOS. There, it's common
// for applications and their menu bar to stay active until the user quits
// explicitly with Cmd + Q.
app.on("window-all-closed", function () {
if (process.platform !== "darwin") app.quit();
});
// In this file you can include the rest of your app's specific main process
// code. You can also put them in separate files and require them here.
{
"name": "electron-quick-start",
"version": "1.0.0",
"description": "A minimal Electron application",
"main": "main.js",
"scripts": {
"start": "electron ."
},
"repository": "https://github.com/electron/electron-quick-start",
"keywords": [
],
"author": "GitHub",
"license": "CC0-1.0",
"devDependencies": {
"electron": "^19.0.0-alpha.1"
}
}
const { spawn } = require("child_process");
// success on both arm64 and amd64 on macOS
const p1 = spawn(`/sbin/ping`, ["google.com"]);
console.log(p1);
// failed on arm64 on macOS
const p2 = spawn(`./ping`, ["google.com"], {
cwd: "/sbin",
});
console.log(p2);
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