Nodejs - process.exit(1) throws error

[prashathsenthil]

I have a node/express app and would like to exit the process with exit code 1 (process.exit(1)) at certain scenarios. When i attempt to do that i get the following error,

9 verbose stack Exit status 1
9 verbose stack at EventEmitter.<anonymous> (/n/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/utils/lifecycle.js:214:16)
9 verbose stack at emitTwo (events.js:87:13) 9 verbose stack at EventEmitter.emit (events.js:172:7)
9 verbose stack at ChildProcess.<anonymous> (/n/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/utils/spawn.js:24:14)
9 verbose stack at emitTwo (events.js:87:13) 9 verbose stack at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:172:7)
9 verbose stack at maybeClose (internal/child_process.js:821:16) 9 verbose stack at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:211:5)`

On the other hand if i just exit without specifying an exit code like just process.exit() then it works fine.

In this node/express app i use promises and also spawn a child process which acts as a data source.

[Knighton910]

Hope this link help clear things up

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5266152/how-to-exit-in-node-js

just in case Unitech/pm2#1149