How to check if nodejs process failed due to a timeout?

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I spawn a synchronous process like this:

child = spawnSync('somecommand', { stdio: 'inherit', cwd: someDir, timeout: 30000});

Is there a reliable way to check if the child process failed due to the timeout option or some other error?

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2 Answers

You should check for the log of node which is running down there somewhere. You must be running this with a cli so you can see the log there. Or you can look for where the log is saved. Everything, specially the errors are noted there.

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If anyone runs into the same problem, there is a simple way to retrieve the timeout error code at run-time:

 if (child.error && child.error.code === "ETIMEDOUT") {
   console.log("child timed out");
 }
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