Dependency on non-existing sh.exe

[Jacob-Christian-Munch-Andersen]

I'm trying to run Streamline on Windows, but I have had no luck so far. _node seems to register correctly as a global command, but the contents of the corresponding _node.cmd file makes no sense:

@IF EXIST "%~dp0\/bin/sh.exe" (
  "%~dp0\/bin/sh.exe"  "%~dp0\node_modules\streamline\bin\_node" %*
) ELSE (
  /bin/sh  "%~dp0\node_modules\streamline\bin\_node" %*
)

Neither %~dp0/bin/sh.exe nor /bin/sh exist, and I don't see why anyone would assume that they did.

[bjouhier]

This is strange. This code is generated by NPM when you install the module. I'm developing on mac so I'm not running into the problem but I'll take a look in my windows vm.

[bjouhier]

I tried on windows: _node is not working in the windows command prompt but it is working in git bash.

My _node.cmd file is different from yours!

What are your node and npm versions? (node -v and npm -v)

[Jacob-Christian-Munch-Andersen]

That was with node 0.10.17 and npm 1.3.8.

I tried updating to the latest release package node 0.10.33 and npm 1.4.28. the generated script is slightly different, but the issue is exactly the same:

@IF EXIST "%~dp0\/bin/sh.exe" (
  "%~dp0\/bin/sh.exe"  "%~dp0\node_modules\streamline\bin\_node" %*
) ELSE (
  @SETLOCAL
  @SET PATHEXT=%PATHEXT:;.JS;=;%
  /bin/sh  "%~dp0\node_modules\streamline\bin\_node" %*
)

It seems to work as intended if I just replace the lot with:

node "%~dp0\node_modules\streamline\bin\_node" %*

So at least I can get rolling.

A quick guess about the cause is that npm automatically identify streamline\bin_node as a shell script, which, to be fair, isn't technically wrong. Solving your issues with polyglots isn't exactly ideal in the first place.

On a slightly related note, is there a documented way of using the library without command line?

Edit: Never mind about that last question, you have that covered in the API documentation.

[bjouhier]

The polyglot solves #158 and #167. It allows smooth operation on linux and mac.
It also works on windows if launched from a bash shell like git bash.

But it does not work any more in windows command prompt because of the way npm generates its wrapper. I want to keep the polyglot for linux and mac so I'm going to investigate if there is a way to let npm install a custom script for windows, instead of letting it generate a broken wrapper. If someone knows a way I'm interested.

Another easy fix would be to have a different command name for windows. Something like _nodewin.

The _node command line is handy for single file scripts but I'd recommend to create a launcher if you have several _js source files.

[Jacob-Christian-Munch-Andersen]

The magic happens in https://github.com/ForbesLindesay/cmd-shim, which unfortunately seems to be locked hard to launch with whatever is specified in the shebang.