@mgutz/task/contrib/index.js

no configruation task runner

const cp = require('child_process');

// '-c' tells bash and sh to run a command string
const shellArgs = ['-c'];

// shawn returns a spawned shell (defaults to bash) which must be executed
function shawn(script, options = {}) {
  const shell = options.shell || '/bin/bash';

  // regarding detached, see https://stackoverflow.com/a/33367711
  const opts = Object.assign({}, {stdio: 'inherit', detached: true, shellArgs}, options);

  // execute the script
  const params = [].concat(opts.shellArgs, script);
  const proc = cp.spawn(shell, params, opts);
  return proc;
}

module.exports = {shawn};