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doc: remove unnecessary italics from child_process.md
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PR-URL: #26141
Reviewed-By: Vse Mozhet Byt <[email protected]>
Reviewed-By: James M Snell <[email protected]>
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Trott authored and rvagg committed Feb 28, 2019
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For convenience, the `child_process` module provides a handful of synchronous
and asynchronous alternatives to [`child_process.spawn()`][] and
[`child_process.spawnSync()`][]. *Note that each of these alternatives are
implemented on top of [`child_process.spawn()`][] or [`child_process.spawnSync()`][].*
[`child_process.spawnSync()`][]. Note that each of these alternatives are
implemented on top of [`child_process.spawn()`][] or
[`child_process.spawnSync()`][].

* [`child_process.exec()`][]: spawns a shell and runs a command within that
shell, passing the `stdout` and `stderr` to a callback function when
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specified module with an IPC communication channel established that allows
sending messages between parent and child.
* [`child_process.execSync()`][]: a synchronous version of
[`child_process.exec()`][] that *will* block the Node.js event loop.
[`child_process.exec()`][] that will block the Node.js event loop.
* [`child_process.execFileSync()`][]: a synchronous version of
[`child_process.execFile()`][] that *will* block the Node.js event loop.
[`child_process.execFile()`][] that will block the Node.js event loop.

For certain use cases, such as automating shell scripts, the
[synchronous counterparts][] may be more convenient. In many cases, however,
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On Windows, setting `options.detached` to `true` makes it possible for the
child process to continue running after the parent exits. The child will have
its own console window. *Once enabled for a child process, it cannot be
disabled*.
its own console window. Once enabled for a child process, it cannot be
disabled.

On non-Windows platforms, if `options.detached` is set to `true`, the child
process will be made the leader of a new process group and session. Note that
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for fds 0 - 2 are also available as [`subprocess.stdin`][],
[`subprocess.stdout`][] and [`subprocess.stderr`][], respectively.
2. `'ipc'` - Create an IPC channel for passing messages/file descriptors
between parent and child. A [`ChildProcess`][] may have at most *one* IPC
between parent and child. A [`ChildProcess`][] may have at most one IPC
stdio file descriptor. Setting this option enables the
[`subprocess.send()`][] method. If the child is a Node.js process, the
presence of an IPC channel will enable [`process.send()`][] and
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[`child_process.exec()`][] with the exception that the method will not return
until the child process has fully closed. When a timeout has been encountered
and `killSignal` is sent, the method won't return until the process has
completely exited. *Note that if the child process intercepts and handles the
completely exited. Note that if the child process intercepts and handles the
`SIGTERM` signal and doesn't exit, the parent process will wait until the child
process has exited.*
process has exited.

If the process times out or has a non-zero exit code, this method will throw.
The [`Error`][] object will contain the entire result from
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A `Writable Stream` that represents the child process's `stdin`.

*Note that if a child process waits to read all of its input, the child will not
continue until this stream has been closed via `end()`.*
Note that if a child process waits to read all of its input, the child will not
continue until this stream has been closed via `end()`.

If the child was spawned with `stdio[0]` set to anything other than `'pipe'`,
then this will be `null`.
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