Spawn a new independent process in node.js

Question

Is there any way to spawn a new independent process from the current running script?

I am trying to run a new script from an already running script. The new script should be independent of the one that called it.

Answer 1

You can use the 'detached' option and the unref() method to make child process independent.

const spawn = require('child_process').spawn;

const child = spawn(process.argv[0], ['child_program.js'], {
  detached: true,
  stdio: ['ignore']
});

child.unref();

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