I'm trying to run command line functions in a directory while hosting a web application, but when I try to run the following code, it throws
"Cannot resolve module 'child_process'":
var exec = require('child_process').exec;
It's running with Webpack.
You have to make sure that child_process is not included in the bundle. Add it as an external, by adding the following to your webpack.config.js options:
externals: [
'child_process'
]
It's running with webpack.
Do you mean its been bundled with webpack?
Either way, if you're trying to bundle the child_process module for use client-side, you won't be able to. It needs the Node Core in order to run since it spawns/forks a new process at the os level. Its not going to automagically spawn a WebWorker or some browser equivalent.
The above is true for the other Node Core API's, they just aren't portable as they exist, they're meant to be run server-side. This github repo has a list of Node.js Core API's that have been ported to the browser.
