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`child.stderr`, `child.stdin`, and `child.stdout`
are `null`, not `undefined`, if the relevant `stdio` properties
are set to anything other than 'pipe'.

PR-URL: #11949
Reviewed-By: Anna Henningsen <anna@addaleax.net>
Reviewed-By: Colin Ihrig <cjihrig@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Evan Lucas <evanlucas@me.com>
Reviewed-By: James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com>
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vsemozhetbyt authored and MylesBorins committed Mar 28, 2017
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A `Readable Stream` that represents the child process's `stderr`.

If the child was spawned with `stdio[2]` set to anything other than `'pipe'`,
then this will be `undefined`.
then this will be `null`.

`child.stderr` is an alias for `child.stdio[2]`. Both properties will refer to
the same value.
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continue until this stream has been closed via `end()`.*

If the child was spawned with `stdio[0]` set to anything other than `'pipe'`,
then this will be `undefined`.
then this will be `null`.

`child.stdin` is an alias for `child.stdio[0]`. Both properties will refer to
the same value.
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A `Readable Stream` that represents the child process's `stdout`.

If the child was spawned with `stdio[1]` set to anything other than `'pipe'`,
then this will be `undefined`.
then this will be `null`.

`child.stdout` is an alias for `child.stdio[1]`. Both properties will refer
to the same value.
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