terriajs-ogr2ogr/examples/shp_without_shx.js

ogr2ogr wrapper w/ multiple format support

var path = require('path'),
    ogr2ogr = require(path.resolve(__dirname + '/../')),
    fs = require('fs');


// Use options ["--config", "SHAPE_RESTORE_SHX", "TRUE"] to recreate the shx file if it doesn't exist
var st = ogr2ogr(path.resolve(__dirname + '/../test/samples/sample.lonely.shp'))
    .options(["--config", "SHAPE_RESTORE_SHX", "TRUE"])
    .exec(function(er, data) {
        if (er) console.error(er)
        console.log(data);
        fs.unlinkSync(path.resolve(__dirname + '/../test/samples/sample.lonely.shx'));
    })