mikedeboer/jetpack-subprocess

Addon-sdk package for subprocess xpcom components from enigmail. Allow to run process, manipulate stdin/out and kill it.

What's that?

Simply package enigmail hard work on providing IPC feature in mozilla platform. So we are able to launch child proccesses from javascript, and in our case, from addon-sdk libraries :)

Sample of code:

const subprocess = require("subprocess");
var p = subprocess.call({
  command:     'echo',
  
  // Print stdin and our env variable
  arguments:   ['$@', '$ENV_TEST'],
  environment: ['ENV_TEST=OK'],
  
  stdin: subprocess.WritablePipe(function() {
    this.write("stdin");
    this.close();
  }),
  stdout: subprocess.ReadablePipe(function(data) {
    // data should be equal to: "stdin OK"
    
  }),
  stderr: subprocess.ReadablePipe(function(data) {
    
  }),
  onFinished: subprocess.Terminate(function() {
    
  }),
  mergeStderr: false
});

Credits:

All enigmail team working on IPC component.
Patrick Brunschwig (author of almost all code) ,
Ramalingam Saravanan (from enigmail team)