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Running node commands in Swift

I'm trying to run nodejs commands using Swift in my OS X app.

Running commands like echo work but when I'm trying to run node:

func node(args: String...) -> Int32 {
  let task = NSTask()
  task.launchPath = "/usr/bin/env"
  task.arguments = args
  task.launch()
  task.waitUntilExit()
  return task.terminationStatus
}

node("/usr/local/bin/myscript")
node("node")

node("/usr/local/bin/myscript") is a scriptinstalled via npm install -g myscript

Solution

  • Try:

    node("node", "/usr/local/bin/myscript")

    So that env starts the node program, with your script as a parameter to node.