Alternative to deprecated child_process.spawn customFds option

[knownasilya]

So customFds is deprecated, but there is no alternative. Main use case is preserving stdout/stderr colors when executing commands from node/io.

nodejs/node-v0.x-archive#2754

[ralphtheninja]

@knownasilya You should use stdio property instead https://iojs.org/api/child_process.html#child_process_options_stdio

In this case { stdio: 'inherit' }

[knownasilya]

Yes that works, although now there is no control over what happens during the stdout/err data flow. So it's a trade-off.

[sam-github]

@knownasilya could you elaborate on what you mean by "no control"? You get streams, don't they allow flow control?

[knownasilya]

@sam-github when using the above option, e.g. { stdio: 'inherit' }, you get null values for stdout and stderr stream objects.

[piscisaureus]

when using the above option, e.g. { stdio: 'inherit' }, you get null values for stdout and stderr stream objects.

Just as you would get when using customFds.