doc: document the error when cwd not exists in child_process.spawn

If the option cwd does not exist, the error ENOENT is the same as the error emitted when the command does not exist, it's confusing. PR-URL: #34505 Reviewed-By: Antoine du Hamel <[email protected]> Reviewed-By: Rich Trott <[email protected]> Reviewed-By: Gireesh Punathil <[email protected]>
nodejs · Dec 15, 2020 · c088434 · c088434
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@@ -469,7 +469,10 @@ const defaults = {
 ```
 
 Use `cwd` to specify the working directory from which the process is spawned.
-If not given, the default is to inherit the current working directory.
+If not given, the default is to inherit the current working directory. If given,
+but the path does not exist, the child process emits an `ENOENT` error
+and exits immediately. `ENOENT` is also emitted when the command
+does not exist.
 
 Use `env` to specify environment variables that will be visible to the new
 process, the default is [`process.env`][].