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POChild process in node.js mysteriously exiting between lines of synchronous code
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copied!<p>I'm having a weird problem with child process in node.js I have some code running in a child process like this, but the child process exits with code 0 <strong>in between lines of synchronous code.</strong> </p> <pre><code>var fs = require('fs'); var http = require('http'); var mkdirp = require('mkdirp'); var urlPath = __dirname + "\\urls.txt"; var savePath = __dirname + "\\"; var objects = []; var globalI = 0; var file; if (!fs.existsSync(urlPath)) { console.log("File at " + urlPath + " does not exist!"); } else { if(!fs.existsSync(savePath)){ mkdirp.sync(savePath); } console.log("File found! Reading..."); console.log("still running"); try{ var data = fs.readFileSync(urlPath, {"encoding":"utf8"}); } catch (err) { console.log("Error reading url file..."); throw err; } finally { console.log("File read!"); var array = data.split("\n"); console.log("Found " + array.length + " urls"); } </code></pre> <p>The line</p> <pre><code>console.log("File found! Reading..."); </code></pre> <p>Runs and appears in the console. However the next line</p> <pre><code>console.log("still running"); </code></pre> <p>does not run. The child process exits before that line of code. I have absolutely no idea why. Any insight would be tremendously appreciated!</p> <p>Also, if I change the order of the two statements, it still only executes the first before exiting.</p> <p><strong>EDIT</strong></p> <p>So maybe it does have to do with flushing and that other bug. If I remove both of those consecutive log statements, it runs the next log statement in the <code>finally</code> block and then quits.</p> <p><strong>EDIT2</strong></p> <p>There is also something else curious about this problem. You can see in the code snippet I have a variable called <code>globalI</code> Later on in the code, that variable gets incremented simply like <code>globalI++;</code> <strong>If I uncomment the incrementation, the child process stops exiting unexpectedly</strong> But it makes no sense, because it never even comes close to the line where the incrementation happens when it does exit unexpectedly.</p> <p>That is actually how I started having this problem. I am completely flabbergasted</p>

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