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child_process: document the error when cwd does not exist #34505

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5 changes: 4 additions & 1 deletion doc/api/child_process.md
Expand Up @@ -466,7 +466,10 @@ const defaults = {
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Use `cwd` to specify the working directory from which the process is spawned.
If not given, the default is to inherit the current working directory.
If not given, the default is to inherit the current working directory. If given,
but the path does not exist, the child process will emit an `ENOENT` then
exit immediately, **this is the same as the error emitted when the command
does not exist**.
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Use `env` to specify environment variables that will be visible to the new
process, the default is [`process.env`][].
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