diff --git a/doc/api/cli.md b/doc/api/cli.md index 103b00a15f96ca..c31f3e7ec38a05 100644 --- a/doc/api/cli.md +++ b/doc/api/cli.md @@ -3093,8 +3093,10 @@ one is included in the list below. * `--network-family-autoselection-attempt-timeout` * `--no-addons` * `--no-deprecation` +* `--no-experimental-detect-module` * `--no-experimental-global-navigator` * `--no-experimental-repl-await` +* `--no-experimental-require-module` * `--no-experimental-websocket` * `--no-extra-info-on-fatal-exception` * `--no-force-async-hooks-checks` diff --git a/doc/node.1 b/doc/node.1 index 3d92fcd7858b98..b1e376b95c4a05 100644 --- a/doc/node.1 +++ b/doc/node.1 @@ -1,54 +1,34 @@ .\" -.\" This manpage is written in mdoc(7). +.\" This file is automatically generated by api-docs-tooling. +.\" Do not edit this file directly. Please make changes to CLI.md +.\" and then regenerate this file. .\" -.\" * Language reference: -.\" https://man.openbsd.org/mdoc.7 -.\" -.\" * Linting changes: -.\" mandoc -Wall -Tlint /path/to/this.file # BSD -.\" groff -w all -z /path/to/this.file # GNU/Linux, macOS -.\" -.\" -.\" Before making changes, please note the following: -.\" -.\" * In Roff, each new sentence should begin on a new line. This gives -.\" the Roff formatter better control over text-spacing, line-wrapping, -.\" and paragraph justification. -.\" -.\" * Do not leave blank lines in the markup. If whitespace is desired -.\" for readability, put a dot in the first column to indicate a null/empty -.\" command. Comments and horizontal whitespace may optionally follow: each -.\" of these lines are an example of a null command immediately followed by -.\" a comment. +.\" For generation instructions using api-docs-tooling, see: +.\" https://github.com/nodejs/api-docs-tooling .\" .\"====================================================================== -. -.tr -\-^\(ha~\(ti`\(ga -.Dd 2018 +.Dd $Mdocdate$ .Dt NODE 1 . .Sh NAME .Nm node .Nd server-side JavaScript runtime . -.\"====================================================================== .Sh SYNOPSIS .Nm node .Op Ar options -.Op Ar v8-options -.Op Fl e Ar string | Ar script.js | Fl -.Op Fl - +.Op Ar v8 options +.Op Ar | Fl e Ar string | Fl - .Op Ar arguments ... . .Nm node -.Cm inspect -.Op Fl e Ar string | Ar script.js | Fl | Ar : +.Cm inspect, +.Op Ar | Fl e Ar string | Ar : .Ar ... . .Nm node .Op Fl -v8-options . -.\"====================================================================== .Sh DESCRIPTION Node.js is a set of libraries for JavaScript which allows it to be used outside of the browser. It is primarily focused on creating simple, easy-to-build network clients and servers. @@ -59,299 +39,920 @@ without arguments to start a REPL. . .Sh OPTIONS .Bl -tag -width 6n -.It Sy - -Alias for stdin, analogous to the use of - in other command-line utilities. -The executed script is read from stdin, and remaining arguments are passed to the script. +.It Fl +Alias for stdin. Analogous to the use of \fB-\fR in other command-line utilities, +meaning that the script is read from stdin, and the rest of the options +are passed to that script. . .It Fl - -Indicate the end of command-line options. -Pass the rest of the arguments to the script. -.Pp +Indicate the end of node options. Pass the rest of the arguments to the script. If no script filename or eval/print script is supplied prior to this, then -the next argument will be used as a script filename. +the next argument is used as a script filename. . .It Fl -abort-on-uncaught-exception -Aborting instead of exiting causes a core file to be generated for analysis. -. -.It Fl -allow-fs-read -Allow file system read access when using the permission model. -. -.It Fl -allow-fs-write -Allow file system write access when using the permission model. +Aborting instead of exiting causes a core file to be generated for post-mortem +analysis using a debugger (such as \fBlldb\fR, \fBgdb\fR, and \fBmdb\fR). +If this flag is passed, the behavior can still be set to not abort through +\fBprocess.setUncaughtExceptionCaptureCallback()\fR (and through usage of the +\fBnode:domain\fR module that uses it). . .It Fl -allow-addons -Allow using native addons when using the permission model. + +When using the Permission Model, the process will not be able to use +native addons by default. +Attempts to do so will throw an \fBERR_DLOPEN_DISABLED\fR unless the +user explicitly passes the \fB--allow-addons\fR flag when starting Node.js. +Example: +.Bd -literal +// Attempt to require an native addon +require('nodejs-addon-example'); +.Ed +.Bd -literal +$ node --experimental-permission --allow-fs-read=* index.js +node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1319 + return process.dlopen(module, path.toNamespacedPath(filename)); + ^ + +Error: Cannot load native addon because loading addons is disabled. + at Module._extensions..node (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1319:18) + at Module.load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1091:32) + at Module._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:938:12) + at Module.require (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1115:19) + at require (node:internal/modules/helpers:130:18) + at Object. (/home/index.js:1:15) + at Module._compile (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1233:14) + at Module._extensions..js (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1287:10) + at Module.load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1091:32) + at Module._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:938:12) { + code: 'ERR_DLOPEN_DISABLED' +} +.Ed . .It Fl -allow-child-process -Allow spawning process when using the permission model. + +When using the Permission Model, the process will not be able to spawn any +child process by default. +Attempts to do so will throw an \fBERR_ACCESS_DENIED\fR unless the +user explicitly passes the \fB--allow-child-process\fR flag when starting Node.js. +Example: +.Bd -literal +const childProcess = require('node:child_process'); +// Attempt to bypass the permission +childProcess.spawn('node', ['-e', 'require("fs").writeFileSync("/new-file", "example")']); +.Ed +.Bd -literal +$ node --experimental-permission --allow-fs-read=* index.js +node:internal/child_process:388 + const err = this._handle.spawn(options); + ^ +Error: Access to this API has been restricted + at ChildProcess.spawn (node:internal/child_process:388:28) + at Object.spawn (node:child_process:723:9) + at Object. (/home/index.js:3:14) + at Module._compile (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1120:14) + at Module._extensions..js (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1174:10) + at Module.load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:998:32) + at Module._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:839:12) + at Function.executeUserEntryPoint [as runMain] (node:internal/modules/run_main:81:12) + at node:internal/main/run_main_module:17:47 { + code: 'ERR_ACCESS_DENIED', + permission: 'ChildProcess' +} +.Ed +. +.It Fl -allow-fs-read + +This flag configures file system read permissions using +the Permission Model. +The valid arguments for the \fB--allow-fs-read\fR flag are: +.Bl -bullet +.It +\fB*\fR - To allow all \fBFileSystemRead\fR operations. +.It +Multiple paths can be allowed using multiple \fB--allow-fs-read\fR flags. +Example \fB--allow-fs-read=/folder1/ --allow-fs-read=/folder1/\fR +.El +Paths delimited by comma (\fB,\fR) are no longer allowed. +When passing a single flag with a comma a warning will be displayed. +Examples can be found in the File System Permissions documentation. +Relative paths are NOT yet supported by the CLI flag. +The initializer module also needs to be allowed. Consider the following example: +.Bd -literal +$ node --experimental-permission t.js +node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:162 + const result = internalModuleStat(receiver, filename); + ^ + +Error: Access to this API has been restricted + at stat (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:162:18) + at Module._findPath (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:640:16) + at resolveMainPath (node:internal/modules/run_main:15:25) + at Function.executeUserEntryPoint [as runMain] (node:internal/modules/run_main:53:24) + at node:internal/main/run_main_module:23:47 { + code: 'ERR_ACCESS_DENIED', + permission: 'FileSystemRead', + resource: '/Users/rafaelgss/repos/os/node/t.js' +} +.Ed +The process needs to have access to the \fBindex.js\fR module: +.Bd -literal +node --experimental-permission --allow-fs-read=/path/to/index.js index.js +.Ed +. +.It Fl -allow-fs-write + +This flag configures file system write permissions using +the Permission Model. +The valid arguments for the \fB--allow-fs-write\fR flag are: +.Bl -bullet +.It +\fB*\fR - To allow all \fBFileSystemWrite\fR operations. +.It +Multiple paths can be allowed using multiple \fB--allow-fs-write\fR flags. +Example \fB--allow-fs-write=/folder1/ --allow-fs-write=/folder1/\fR +.El +Paths delimited by comma (\fB,\fR) are no longer allowed. +When passing a single flag with a comma a warning will be displayed. +Examples can be found in the File System Permissions documentation. +Relative paths are NOT supported through the CLI flag. . .It Fl -allow-wasi -Allow execution of WASI when using the permission model. + +When using the Permission Model, the process will not be capable of creating +any WASI instances by default. +For security reasons, the call will throw an \fBERR_ACCESS_DENIED\fR unless the +user explicitly passes the flag \fB--allow-wasi\fR in the main Node.js process. +Example: +.Bd -literal +const { WASI } = require('node:wasi'); +// Attempt to bypass the permission +new WASI({ + version: 'preview1', + // Attempt to mount the whole filesystem + preopens: { + '/': '/', + }, +}); +.Ed +.Bd -literal +$ node --experimental-permission --allow-fs-read=* index.js +node:wasi:99 + const wrap = new _WASI(args, env, preopens, stdio); + ^ + +Error: Access to this API has been restricted + at new WASI (node:wasi:99:18) + at Object. (/home/index.js:3:1) + at Module._compile (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1476:14) + at Module._extensions..js (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1555:10) + at Module.load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1288:32) + at Module._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1104:12) + at Function.executeUserEntryPoint [as runMain] (node:internal/modules/run_main:191:14) + at node:internal/main/run_main_module:30:49 { + code: 'ERR_ACCESS_DENIED', + permission: 'WASI', +} +.Ed . .It Fl -allow-worker -Allow creating worker threads when using the permission model. + +When using the Permission Model, the process will not be able to create any +worker threads by default. +For security reasons, the call will throw an \fBERR_ACCESS_DENIED\fR unless the +user explicitly pass the flag \fB--allow-worker\fR in the main Node.js process. +Example: +.Bd -literal +const { Worker } = require('node:worker_threads'); +// Attempt to bypass the permission +new Worker(__filename); +.Ed +.Bd -literal +$ node --experimental-permission --allow-fs-read=* index.js +node:internal/worker:188 + this[kHandle] = new WorkerImpl(url, + ^ + +Error: Access to this API has been restricted + at new Worker (node:internal/worker:188:21) + at Object. (/home/index.js.js:3:1) + at Module._compile (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1120:14) + at Module._extensions..js (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1174:10) + at Module.load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:998:32) + at Module._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:839:12) + at Function.executeUserEntryPoint [as runMain] (node:internal/modules/run_main:81:12) + at node:internal/main/run_main_module:17:47 { + code: 'ERR_ACCESS_DENIED', + permission: 'WorkerThreads' +} +.Ed +. +.It Fl -build-snapshot + +Generates a snapshot blob when the process exits and writes it to +disk, which can be loaded later with \fB--snapshot-blob\fR. +When building the snapshot, if \fB--snapshot-blob\fR is not specified, +the generated blob will be written, by default, to \fBsnapshot.blob\fR +in the current working directory. Otherwise it will be written to +the path specified by \fB--snapshot-blob\fR. +.Bd -literal +$ echo "globalThis.foo = 'I am from the snapshot'" > snapshot.js + +# Run snapshot.js to initialize the application and snapshot the +# state of it into snapshot.blob. +$ node --snapshot-blob snapshot.blob --build-snapshot snapshot.js + +$ echo "console.log(globalThis.foo)" > index.js + +# Load the generated snapshot and start the application from index.js. +$ node --snapshot-blob snapshot.blob index.js +I am from the snapshot +.Ed +The \fBv8.startupSnapshot\fR API can be used to specify an entry point at +snapshot building time, thus avoiding the need of an additional entry +script at deserialization time: +.Bd -literal +$ echo "require('v8').startupSnapshot.setDeserializeMainFunction(() => console.log('I am from the snapshot'))" > snapshot.js +$ node --snapshot-blob snapshot.blob --build-snapshot snapshot.js +$ node --snapshot-blob snapshot.blob +I am from the snapshot +.Ed +For more information, check out the \fBv8.startupSnapshot\fR API documentation. +Currently the support for run-time snapshot is experimental in that: +.Bl -bullet +.It +User-land modules are not yet supported in the snapshot, so only +one single file can be snapshotted. Users can bundle their applications +into a single script with their bundler of choice before building +a snapshot, however. +.It +Only a subset of the built-in modules work in the snapshot, though the +Node.js core test suite checks that a few fairly complex applications +can be snapshotted. Support for more modules are being added. If any +crashes or buggy behaviors occur when building a snapshot, please file +a report in the Node.js issue tracker and link to it in the +tracking issue for user-land snapshots. +.El +. +.It Fl -build-snapshot-config + +Specifies the path to a JSON configuration file which configures snapshot +creation behavior. +The following options are currently supported: +.Bl -bullet +.It +\fBbuilder\fR\fB--build-snapshot\fR had been passed +with \fBbuilder\fR as the main script name. +.It +\fBwithoutCodeCache\fR +.El +When using this flag, additional script files provided on the command line will +not be executed and instead be interpreted as regular command line arguments. +. +.It Fl c , Fl -check +Syntax check the script without executing. . .It Fl -completion-bash Print source-able bash completion script for Node.js. -. -.It Fl C , Fl -conditions Ar string -Use custom conditional exports conditions. -.Ar string +.Bd -literal +node --completion-bash > node_bash_completion +source node_bash_completion +.Ed +. +.It Fl C Ar condition , Fl -conditions Ns = Ns Ar condition + +Provide custom conditional exports resolution conditions. +Any number of custom string condition names are permitted. +The default Node.js conditions of \fB"node"\fR, \fB"default"\fR, \fB"import"\fR, and +\fB"require"\fR will always apply as defined. +For example, to run a module with "development" resolutions: +.Bd -literal +node -C development app.js +.Ed . .It Fl -cpu-prof -Start the V8 CPU profiler on start up, and write the CPU profile to disk -before exit. If -.Fl -cpu-prof-dir -is not specified, the profile will be written to the current working directory -with a generated file name. + +Starts the V8 CPU profiler on start up, and writes the CPU profile to disk +before exit. +If \fB--cpu-prof-dir\fR is not specified, the generated profile is placed +in the current working directory. +If \fB--cpu-prof-name\fR is not specified, the generated profile is +named \fBCPU.${yyyymmdd}.${hhmmss}.${pid}.${tid}.${seq}.cpuprofile\fR. +.Bd -literal +$ node --cpu-prof index.js +$ ls *.cpuprofile +CPU.20190409.202950.15293.0.0.cpuprofile +.Ed . .It Fl -cpu-prof-dir -The directory where the CPU profiles generated by -.Fl -cpu-prof -will be placed. + +Specify the directory where the CPU profiles generated by \fB--cpu-prof\fR will +be placed. The default value is controlled by the -.Fl -diagnostic-dir . -command-line option. +\fB--diagnostic-dir\fR command-line option. . .It Fl -cpu-prof-interval -The sampling interval in microseconds for the CPU profiles generated by -.Fl -cpu-prof . -The default is -.Sy 1000 . + +Specify the sampling interval in microseconds for the CPU profiles generated +by \fB--cpu-prof\fR. The default is 1000 microseconds. . .It Fl -cpu-prof-name -File name of the V8 CPU profile generated with -.Fl -cpu-prof . + +Specify the file name of the CPU profile generated by \fB--cpu-prof\fR. . -.It Fl -diagnostic-dir -Set the directory for all diagnostic output files. -Default is current working directory. -Set the directory to which all diagnostic output files will be written to. +.It Fl -diagnostic-dir Ns = Ns Ar directory +Set the directory to which all diagnostic output files are written. Defaults to current working directory. -. Affects the default output directory of: -.Fl -cpu-prof-dir . -.Fl -heap-prof-dir . -.Fl -redirect-warnings . +.Bl -bullet +.It +\fB--cpu-prof-dir\fR +.It +\fB--heap-prof-dir\fR +.It +\fB--redirect-warnings\fR +.El +. +.It Fl -disable-warning Ns = Ns Ar code-or-type + +Disable specific process warnings by \fBcode\fR or \fBtype\fR. +Warnings emitted from \fBprocess.emitWarning()\fR may contain a +\fBcode\fR and a \fBtype\fR. This option will not-emit warnings that have a matching +\fBcode\fR or \fBtype\fR. +List of deprecation warnings. +The Node.js core warning types are: \fBDeprecationWarning\fR and +\fBExperimentalWarning\fR +For example, the following script will not emit +DEP0025 \fBrequire('node:sys')\fR when executed with +\fBnode --disable-warning=DEP0025\fR: +.Bd -literal +import sys from 'node:sys'; +.Ed +.Bd -literal +const sys = require('node:sys'); +.Ed +For example, the following script will emit the +DEP0025 \fBrequire('node:sys')\fR, but not any Experimental +Warnings (such as +ExperimentalWarning: \fBvm.measureMemory\fR is an experimental feature +in <=v21) when executed with \fBnode --disable-warning=ExperimentalWarning\fR: +.Bd -literal +import sys from 'node:sys'; +import vm from 'node:vm'; + +vm.measureMemory(); +.Ed +.Bd -literal +const sys = require('node:sys'); +const vm = require('node:vm'); + +vm.measureMemory(); +.Ed +. +.It Fl -disable-wasm-trap-handler +By default, Node.js enables trap-handler-based WebAssembly bound +checks. As a result, V8 does not need to insert inline bound checks +int the code compiled from WebAssembly which may speedup WebAssembly +execution significantly, but this optimization requires allocating +a big virtual memory cage (currently 10GB). If the Node.js process +does not have access to a large enough virtual memory address space +due to system configurations or hardware limitations, users won't +be able to run any WebAssembly that involves allocation in this +virtual memory cage and will see an out-of-memory error. +.Bd -literal +$ ulimit -v 5000000 +$ node -p "new WebAssembly.Memory({ initial: 10, maximum: 100 });" +[eval]:1 +new WebAssembly.Memory({ initial: 10, maximum: 100 }); +^ + +RangeError: WebAssembly.Memory(): could not allocate memory + at [eval]:1:1 + at runScriptInThisContext (node:internal/vm:209:10) + at node:internal/process/execution:118:14 + at [eval]-wrapper:6:24 + at runScript (node:internal/process/execution:101:62) + at evalScript (node:internal/process/execution:136:3) + at node:internal/main/eval_string:49:3 + +.Ed +\fB--disable-wasm-trap-handler\fR disables this optimization so that +users can at least run WebAssembly (with less optimal performance) +when the virtual memory address space available to their Node.js +process is lower than what the V8 WebAssembly memory cage needs. . .It Fl -disable-proto Ns = Ns Ar mode -Disable the `Object.prototype.__proto__` property. If -.Ar mode -is `delete`, the property will be removed entirely. If -.Ar mode -is `throw`, accesses to the property will throw an exception with the code -`ERR_PROTO_ACCESS`. -. -.It Fl -disable-wasm-trap-handler Ns = Ns Ar mode -Disable trap-handler-based WebAssembly bound checks and fall back to -inline bound checks so that WebAssembly can be run with limited virtual -memory. +Disable the \fBObject.prototype.__proto__\fR property. If \fBmode\fR is \fBdelete\fR, the +property is removed entirely. If \fBmode\fR is \fBthrow\fR, accesses to the +property throw an exception with the code \fBERR_PROTO_ACCESS\fR. . .It Fl -disallow-code-generation-from-strings -Make built-in language features like `eval` and `new Function` that generate +Make built-in language features like \fBeval\fR and \fBnew Function\fR that generate code from strings throw an exception instead. This does not affect the Node.js -`vm` module. +\fBnode:vm\fR module. +. +.It Fl -expose-gc + +This flag will expose the gc extension from V8. +.Bd -literal +if (globalThis.gc) { + globalThis.gc(); +} +.Ed +. +.It Fl -dns-result-order Ns = Ns Ar order +Set the default value of \fBorder\fR in \fBdns.lookup()\fR and +\fBdnsPromises.lookup()\fR. The value could be: +.Bl -bullet +.It +\fBipv4first\fR: sets default \fBorder\fR to \fBipv4first\fR. +.It +\fBipv6first\fR: sets default \fBorder\fR to \fBipv6first\fR. +.It +\fBverbatim\fR: sets default \fBorder\fR to \fBverbatim\fR. +.El +The default is \fBverbatim\fR and \fBdns.setDefaultResultOrder()\fR have higher +priority than \fB--dns-result-order\fR. . .It Fl -enable-fips -Enable FIPS-compliant crypto at startup. -Requires Node.js to be built with -.Sy ./configure --openssl-fips . +Enable FIPS-compliant crypto at startup. (Requires Node.js to be built +against FIPS-compatible OpenSSL.) +. +.It Fl -enable-network-family-autoselection +Enables the family autoselection algorithm unless connection options explicitly +disables it. . .It Fl -enable-source-maps -Enable Source Map V3 support for stack traces. +Enable Source Map v3 support for stack traces. +When using a transpiler, such as TypeScript, stack traces thrown by an +application reference the transpiled code, not the original source position. +\fB--enable-source-maps\fR enables caching of Source Maps and makes a best +effort to report stack traces relative to the original source file. +Overriding \fBError.prepareStackTrace\fR may prevent \fB--enable-source-maps\fR from +modifying the stack trace. Call and return the results of the original +\fBError.prepareStackTrace\fR in the overriding function to modify the stack trace +with source maps. +.Bd -literal +const originalPrepareStackTrace = Error.prepareStackTrace; +Error.prepareStackTrace = (error, trace) => { + // Modify error and trace and format stack trace with + // original Error.prepareStackTrace. + return originalPrepareStackTrace(error, trace); +}; +.Ed +Note, enabling source maps can introduce latency to your application +when \fBError.stack\fR is accessed. If you access \fBError.stack\fR frequently +in your application, take into account the performance implications +of \fB--enable-source-maps\fR. . .It Fl -entry-url -Interpret the entry point as a URL. + +When present, Node.js will interpret the entry point as a URL, rather than a +path. +Follows ECMAScript module resolution rules. +Any query parameter or hash in the URL will be accessible via \fBimport.meta.url\fR. +.Bd -literal +node --entry-url 'file:///path/to/file.js?queryparams=work#and-hashes-too' +node --entry-url --experimental-strip-types 'file.ts?query#hash' +node --entry-url 'data:text/javascript,console.log("Hello")' +.Ed +. +.It Fl -env-file Ns = Ns Ar config + +Loads environment variables from a file relative to the current directory, +making them available to applications on \fBprocess.env\fR. The environment +variables which configure Node.js, such as \fBNODE_OPTIONS\fR, +are parsed and applied. If the same variable is defined in the environment and +in the file, the value from the environment takes precedence. +You can pass multiple \fB--env-file\fR arguments. Subsequent files override +pre-existing variables defined in previous files. +An error is thrown if the file does not exist. +.Bd -literal +node --env-file=.env --env-file=.development.env index.js +.Ed +The format of the file should be one line per key-value pair of environment +variable name and value separated by \fB=\fR: +.Bd -literal +PORT=3000 +.Ed +Any text after a \fB#\fR is treated as a comment: +.Bd -literal +# This is a comment +PORT=3000 # This is also a comment +.Ed +Values can start and end with the following quotes: \fB`\fR, \fB"\fR or \fB'\fR. +They are omitted from the values. +.Bd -literal +USERNAME="nodejs" # will result in `nodejs` as the value. +.Ed +Multi-line values are supported: +.Bd -literal +MULTI_LINE="THIS IS +A MULTILINE" +# will result in `THIS IS\\nA MULTILINE` as the value. +.Ed +Export keyword before a key is ignored: +.Bd -literal +export USERNAME="nodejs" # will result in `nodejs` as the value. +.Ed +If you want to load environment variables from a file that may not exist, you +can use the \fB--env-file-if-exists\fR flag instead. +. +.It Fl -env-file-if-exists Ns = Ns Ar config +Behavior is the same as \fB--env-file\fR, but an error is not thrown if the file +does not exist. +. +.It Fl e , Fl -eval Ar "script" +Evaluate the following argument as JavaScript. The modules which are +predefined in the REPL can also be used in \fBscript\fR. +On Windows, using \fBcmd.exe\fR a single quote will not work correctly because it +only recognizes double \fB"\fR for quoting. In Powershell or Git bash, both \fB'\fR +and \fB"\fR are usable. +It is possible to run code containing inline types by passing +\fB--experimental-strip-types\fR. +. +.It Fl -experimental-async-context-frame + +Enables the use of \fBAsyncLocalStorage\fR backed by \fBAsyncContextFrame\fR rather +than the default implementation which relies on async_hooks. This new model is +implemented very differently and so could have differences in how context data +flows within the application. As such, it is presently recommended to be sure +your application behaviour is unaffected by this change before using it in +production. . .It Fl -experimental-default-type Ns = Ns Ar type -Interpret as either ES modules or CommonJS modules input via --eval or STDIN, when --input-type is unspecified; -.js or extensionless files with no sibling or parent package.json; -.js or extensionless files whose nearest parent package.json lacks a "type" field, unless under node_modules. + +Define which module system, \fBmodule\fR or \fBcommonjs\fR, to use for the following: +.Bl -bullet +.It +String input provided via \fB--eval\fR or STDIN, if \fB--input-type\fR is unspecified. +.It +Files ending in \fB.js\fR or with no extension, if there is no \fBpackage.json\fR file +present in the same folder or any parent folder. +.It +Files ending in \fB.js\fR or with no extension, if the nearest parent +\fBpackage.json\fR field lacks a \fB"type"\fR field; unless the \fBpackage.json\fR folder +or any parent folder is inside a \fBnode_modules\fR folder. +.El +In other words, \fB--experimental-default-type=module\fR flips all the places where +Node.js currently defaults to CommonJS to instead default to ECMAScript modules, +with the exception of folders and subfolders below \fBnode_modules\fR, for backward +compatibility. +Under \fB--experimental-default-type=module\fR and \fB--experimental-wasm-modules\fR, +files with no extension will be treated as WebAssembly if they begin with the +WebAssembly magic number (\fB\\0asm\fR); otherwise they will be treated as ES module +JavaScript. +. +.It Fl -experimental-transform-types + +Enables the transformation of TypeScript-only syntax into JavaScript code. +Implies \fB--experimental-strip-types\fR and \fB--enable-source-maps\fR. +. +.It Fl -experimental-eventsource +Enable exposition of EventSource Web API on the global scope. . .It Fl -experimental-import-meta-resolve -Enable experimental ES modules support for import.meta.resolve(). +Enable experimental \fBimport.meta.resolve()\fR parent URL support, which allows +passing a second \fBparentURL\fR argument for contextual resolution. +Previously gated the entire \fBimport.meta.resolve\fR feature. . .It Fl -experimental-loader Ns = Ns Ar module -Specify the -.Ar module -to use as a custom module loader. + +Specify the \fBmodule\fR containing exported module customization hooks. +\fBmodule\fR may be any string accepted as an \fBimport\fR specifier. +. +.It Fl -experimental-network-inspection + +Enable experimental support for the network inspection with Chrome DevTools. . .It Fl -experimental-permission -Enable the experimental permission model. + +Enable the Permission Model for current process. When enabled, the +following permissions are restricted: +.Bl -bullet +.It +File System - manageable through +\fB--allow-fs-read\fR, \fB--allow-fs-write\fR flags +.It +Child Process - manageable through \fB--allow-child-process\fR flag +.It +Worker Threads - manageable through \fB--allow-worker\fR flag +.It +WASI - manageable through \fB--allow-wasi\fR flag +.It +Addons - manageable through \fB--allow-addons\fR flag +.El +. +.It Fl -experimental-require-module + +Supports loading a synchronous ES module graph in \fBrequire()\fR. +See Loading ECMAScript modules using \fBrequire()\fR. +. +.It Fl -experimental-sea-config + +Use this flag to generate a blob that can be injected into the Node.js +binary to produce a single executable application. See the documentation +about this configuration for details. . .It Fl -experimental-shadow-realm Use this flag to enable ShadowRealm support. . .It Fl -experimental-sqlite -Enable the experimental node:sqlite module. +Enable the experimental \fBnode:sqlite\fR module. +. +.It Fl -experimental-strip-types + +Enable experimental type-stripping for TypeScript files. +For more information, see the TypeScript type-stripping documentation. . .It Fl -experimental-test-coverage -Enable code coverage in the test runner. +When used in conjunction with the \fBnode:test\fR module, a code coverage report is +generated as part of the test runner output. If no tests are run, a coverage +report is not generated. See the documentation on +collecting code coverage from tests for more details. . .It Fl -experimental-test-isolation Ns = Ns Ar mode -Configures the type of test isolation used in the test runner. + +Configures the type of test isolation used in the test runner. When \fBmode\fR is +\fB'process'\fR, each test file is run in a separate child process. When \fBmode\fR is +\fB'none'\fR, all test files run in the same process as the test runner. The default +isolation mode is \fB'process'\fR. This flag is ignored if the \fB--test\fR flag is not +present. See the test runner execution model section for more information. . .It Fl -experimental-test-module-mocks + Enable module mocking in the test runner. . .It Fl -experimental-test-snapshots + Enable snapshot testing in the test runner. . -.It Fl -experimental-strip-types -Enable experimental type-stripping for TypeScript files. -. -.It Fl -experimental-transform-types -Enable transformation of TypeScript-only syntax into JavaScript code. -. -.It Fl -experimental-eventsource -Enable experimental support for the EventSource Web API. -. -.It Fl -no-experimental-websocket -Disable experimental support for the WebSocket API. -. -.It Fl -experimental-webstorage -Enable experimental support for the Web Storage API. -. -.It Fl -no-experimental-repl-await -Disable top-level await keyword support in REPL. -. .It Fl -experimental-vm-modules -Enable experimental ES module support in VM module. +Enable experimental ES Module support in the \fBnode:vm\fR module. . .It Fl -experimental-wasi-unstable-preview1 -Enable experimental WebAssembly System Interface support. This -flag is no longer required as WASI is enabled by default. +Enable experimental WebAssembly System Interface (WASI) support. . .It Fl -experimental-wasm-modules Enable experimental WebAssembly module support. . +.It Fl -experimental-webstorage +Enable experimental \fBWeb Storage\fR support. +. .It Fl -force-context-aware Disable loading native addons that are not context-aware. . .It Fl -force-fips -Force FIPS-compliant crypto on startup -(Cannot be disabled from script code). -Same requirements as -.Fl -enable-fips . +Force FIPS-compliant crypto on startup. (Cannot be disabled from script code.) +(Same requirements as \fB--enable-fips\fR.) . -.It Fl -frozen-intrinsics -Enable experimental frozen intrinsics support. +.It Fl -force-node-api-uncaught-exceptions-policy +Enforces \fBuncaughtException\fR event on Node-API asynchronous callbacks. +To prevent from an existing add-on from crashing the process, this flag is not +enabled by default. In the future, this flag will be enabled by default to +enforce the correct behavior. . -.It Fl -heapsnapshot-near-heap-limit Ns = Ns Ar max_count -Generate heap snapshot when the V8 heap usage is approaching the heap limit. -No more than the specified number of snapshots will be generated. -. -.It Fl -heapsnapshot-signal Ns = Ns Ar signal -Generate heap snapshot on specified signal. +.It Fl -frozen-intrinsics + +Enable experimental frozen intrinsics like \fBArray\fR and \fBObject\fR. +Only the root context is supported. There is no guarantee that +\fBglobalThis.Array\fR is indeed the default intrinsic reference. Code may break +under this flag. +To allow polyfills to be added, +\fB--require\fR and \fB--import\fR both run before freezing intrinsics. . .It Fl -heap-prof -Start the V8 heap profiler on start up, and write the heap profile to disk -before exit. If -.Fl -heap-prof-dir -is not specified, the profile will be written to the current working directory -with a generated file name. + +Starts the V8 heap profiler on start up, and writes the heap profile to disk +before exit. +If \fB--heap-prof-dir\fR is not specified, the generated profile is placed +in the current working directory. +If \fB--heap-prof-name\fR is not specified, the generated profile is +named \fBHeap.${yyyymmdd}.${hhmmss}.${pid}.${tid}.${seq}.heapprofile\fR. +.Bd -literal +$ node --heap-prof index.js +$ ls *.heapprofile +Heap.20190409.202950.15293.0.001.heapprofile +.Ed . .It Fl -heap-prof-dir -The directory where the heap profiles generated by -.Fl -heap-prof -will be placed. + +Specify the directory where the heap profiles generated by \fB--heap-prof\fR will +be placed. The default value is controlled by the -.Fl -diagnostic-dir . -command-line option. +\fB--diagnostic-dir\fR command-line option. . .It Fl -heap-prof-interval -The average sampling interval in bytes for the heap profiles generated by -.Fl -heap-prof . -The default is -.Sy 512 * 1024 . + +Specify the average sampling interval in bytes for the heap profiles generated +by \fB--heap-prof\fR. The default is 512 * 1024 bytes. . .It Fl -heap-prof-name -File name of the V8 heap profile generated with -.Fl -heap-prof . + +Specify the file name of the heap profile generated by \fB--heap-prof\fR. +. +.It Fl -heapsnapshot-near-heap-limit Ns = Ns Ar max_count + +Writes a V8 heap snapshot to disk when the V8 heap usage is approaching the +heap limit. \fBcount\fR should be a non-negative integer (in which case +Node.js will write no more than \fBmax_count\fR snapshots to disk). +When generating snapshots, garbage collection may be triggered and bring +the heap usage down. Therefore multiple snapshots may be written to disk +before the Node.js instance finally runs out of memory. These heap snapshots +can be compared to determine what objects are being allocated during the +time consecutive snapshots are taken. It's not guaranteed that Node.js will +write exactly \fBmax_count\fR snapshots to disk, but it will try +its best to generate at least one and up to \fBmax_count\fR snapshots before the +Node.js instance runs out of memory when \fBmax_count\fR is greater than \fB0\fR. +Generating V8 snapshots takes time and memory (both memory managed by the +V8 heap and native memory outside the V8 heap). The bigger the heap is, +the more resources it needs. Node.js will adjust the V8 heap to accommodate +the additional V8 heap memory overhead, and try its best to avoid using up +all the memory available to the process. When the process uses +more memory than the system deems appropriate, the process may be terminated +abruptly by the system, depending on the system configuration. +.Bd -literal +$ node --max-old-space-size=100 --heapsnapshot-near-heap-limit=3 index.js +Wrote snapshot to Heap.20200430.100036.49580.0.001.heapsnapshot +Wrote snapshot to Heap.20200430.100037.49580.0.002.heapsnapshot +Wrote snapshot to Heap.20200430.100038.49580.0.003.heapsnapshot + +<--- Last few GCs ---> + +[49580:0x110000000] 4826 ms: Mark-sweep 130.6 (147.8) -> 130.5 (147.8) MB, 27.4 / 0.0 ms (average mu = 0.126, current mu = 0.034) allocation failure scavenge might not succeed +[49580:0x110000000] 4845 ms: Mark-sweep 130.6 (147.8) -> 130.6 (147.8) MB, 18.8 / 0.0 ms (average mu = 0.088, current mu = 0.031) allocation failure scavenge might not succeed + + +<--- JS stacktrace ---> + +FATAL ERROR: Ineffective mark-compacts near heap limit Allocation failed - JavaScript heap out of memory +.... +.Ed +. +.It Fl -heapsnapshot-signal Ns = Ns Ar signal +Enables a signal handler that causes the Node.js process to write a heap dump +when the specified signal is received. \fBsignal\fR must be a valid signal name. +Disabled by default. +.Bd -literal +$ node --heapsnapshot-signal=SIGUSR2 index.js & +$ ps aux +USER PID %CPU %MEM VSZ RSS TTY STAT START TIME COMMAND +node 1 5.5 6.1 787252 247004 ? Ssl 16:43 0:02 node --heapsnapshot-signal=SIGUSR2 index.js +$ kill -USR2 1 +$ ls +Heap.20190718.133405.15554.0.001.heapsnapshot +.Ed +. +.It Fl h , Fl -help +Print node command-line options. +The output of this option is less detailed than this document. . .It Fl -icu-data-dir Ns = Ns Ar file -Specify ICU data load path. -Overrides -.Ev NODE_ICU_DATA . +Specify ICU data load path. (Overrides \fBNODE_ICU_DATA\fR.) +. +.It Fl -import Ns = Ns Ar module + +Preload the specified module at startup. If the flag is provided several times, +each module will be executed sequentially in the order they appear, starting +with the ones provided in \fBNODE_OPTIONS\fR. +Follows ECMAScript module resolution rules. +Use \fB--require\fR to load a CommonJS module. +Modules preloaded with \fB--require\fR will run before modules preloaded with \fB--import\fR. +Modules are preloaded into the main thread as well as any worker threads, +forked processes, or clustered processes. . .It Fl -input-type Ns = Ns Ar type -Set the module resolution type for input via --eval, --print or STDIN. +This configures Node.js to interpret \fB--eval\fR or \fBSTDIN\fR input as CommonJS or +as an ES module. Valid values are \fB"commonjs"\fR or \fB"module"\fR. The default is +\fB"commonjs"\fR unless \fB--experimental-default-type=module\fR is used. +The REPL does not support this option. Usage of \fB--input-type=module\fR with +\fB--print\fR will throw an error, as \fB--print\fR does not support ES module +syntax. . -.It Fl -inspect-brk Ns = Ns Ar [host:]port -Activate inspector on -.Ar host:port -and break at start of user script. +.It Fl -insecure-http-parser +Enable leniency flags on the HTTP parser. This may allow +interoperability with non-conformant HTTP implementations. +When enabled, the parser will accept the following: +.Bl -bullet +.It +Invalid HTTP headers values. +.It +Invalid HTTP versions. +.It +Allow message containing both \fBTransfer-Encoding\fR +and \fBContent-Length\fR headers. +.It +Allow extra data after message when \fBConnection: close\fR is present. +.It +Allow extra transfer encodings after \fBchunked\fR has been provided. +.It +Allow \fB\\n\fR to be used as token separator instead of \fB\\r\\n\fR. +.It +Allow \fB\\r\\n\fR not to be provided after a chunk. +.It +Allow spaces to be present after a chunk size and before \fB\\r\\n\fR. +.El +All the above will expose your application to request smuggling +or poisoning attack. Avoid using this option. +. +.It Fl -inspect[ Ns = Ns Ar [host:]port +Activate inspector on \fBhost:port\fR. Default is \fB127.0.0.1:9229\fR. If port \fB0\fR is +specified, a random available port will be used. +V8 inspector integration allows tools such as Chrome DevTools and IDEs to debug +and profile Node.js instances. The tools attach to Node.js instances via a +tcp port and communicate using the Chrome DevTools Protocol. +See V8 Inspector integration for Node.js for further explanation on Node.js debugger. + +. +.It Fl -inspect-brk[ Ns = Ns Ar [host:]port +Activate inspector on \fBhost:port\fR and break at start of user script. +Default \fBhost:port\fR is \fB127.0.0.1:9229\fR. If port \fB0\fR is specified, +a random available port will be used. +See V8 Inspector integration for Node.js for further explanation on Node.js debugger. . .It Fl -inspect-port Ns = Ns Ar [host:]port -Set the -.Ar host:port -to be used when the inspector is activated. -. -.It Fl -inspect-publish-uid=stderr,http -Specify how the inspector WebSocket URL is exposed. -Valid values are -.Sy stderr -and -.Sy http . -Default is -.Sy stderr,http . -. -.It Fl -inspect-wait Ns = Ns Ar [host:]port -Activate inspector on -.Ar host:port -and wait for debugger to be attached. -. -.It Fl -inspect Ns = Ns Ar [host:]port -Activate inspector on -.Ar host:port . -Default is -.Sy 127.0.0.1:9229 . -.Pp -V8 Inspector integration allows attaching Chrome DevTools and IDEs to Node.js instances for debugging and profiling. -It uses the Chrome DevTools Protocol. +Set the \fBhost:port\fR to be used when the inspector is activated. +Useful when activating the inspector by sending the \fBSIGUSR1\fR signal. +Default host is \fB127.0.0.1\fR. If port \fB0\fR is specified, +a random available port will be used. +See the security warning below regarding the \fBhost\fR +parameter usage. +. +.It Fl -inspect-publish-uid Ns = Ns Ar stderr,http +Specify ways of the inspector web socket url exposure. +By default inspector websocket url is available in stderr and under \fB/json/list\fR +endpoint on \fBhttp://host:port/json/list\fR. +. +.It Fl -inspect-wait[ Ns = Ns Ar [host:]port +Activate inspector on \fBhost:port\fR and wait for debugger to be attached. +Default \fBhost:port\fR is \fB127.0.0.1:9229\fR. If port \fB0\fR is specified, +a random available port will be used. +See V8 Inspector integration for Node.js for further explanation on Node.js debugger. . -.It Fl -insecure-http-parser -Use an insecure HTTP parser that accepts invalid HTTP headers. This may allow -interoperability with non-conformant HTTP implementations. It may also allow -request smuggling and other HTTP attacks that rely on invalid headers being -accepted. Avoid using this option. +.It Fl i , Fl -interactive +Opens the REPL even if stdin does not appear to be a terminal. . .It Fl -jitless -Disable runtime allocation of executable memory. This may be required on -some platforms for security reasons. It can also reduce attack surface on -other platforms, but the performance impact may be severe. -. -.Pp -This flag is inherited from V8 and is subject to change upstream. It may -disappear in a non-semver-major release. + +Disable runtime allocation of executable memory. This may be +required on some platforms for security reasons. It can also reduce attack +surface on other platforms, but the performance impact may be severe. . .It Fl -localstorage-file Ns = Ns Ar file -The file used to store localStorage data. +The file used to store \fBlocalStorage\fR data. If the file does not exist, it is +created the first time \fBlocalStorage\fR is accessed. The same file may be shared +between multiple Node.js processes concurrently. This flag is a no-op unless +Node.js is started with the \fB--experimental-webstorage\fR flag. . .It Fl -max-http-header-size Ns = Ns Ar size -Specify the maximum size of HTTP headers in bytes. Defaults to 16 KiB. +Specify the maximum size, in bytes, of HTTP headers. Defaults to 16 KiB. . .It Fl -napi-modules -This option is a no-op. -It is kept for compatibility. +This option is a no-op. It is kept for compatibility. +. +.It Fl -network-family-autoselection-attempt-timeout +Sets the default value for the network family autoselection attempt timeout. +For more information, see \fBnet.getDefaultAutoSelectFamilyAttemptTimeout()\fR. +. +.It Fl -no-addons +Disable the \fBnode-addons\fR exports condition as well as disable loading +native addons. When \fB--no-addons\fR is specified, calling \fBprocess.dlopen\fR or +requiring a native C++ addon will fail and throw an exception. . .It Fl -no-deprecation Silence deprecation warnings. . +.It Fl -no-experimental-detect-module +Disable using syntax detection to determine module type. +. +.It Fl -no-experimental-global-navigator + +Disable exposition of Navigator API on the global scope. +. +.It Fl -no-experimental-repl-await +Use this flag to disable top-level await in REPL. +. +.It Fl -no-experimental-require-module + +Disable support for loading a synchronous ES module graph in \fBrequire()\fR. +See Loading ECMAScript modules using \fBrequire()\fR. +. +.It Fl -no-experimental-websocket +Disable exposition of \fBWebSocket\fR on the global scope. +. .It Fl -no-extra-info-on-fatal-exception Hide extra information on fatal exception that causes exit. . .It Fl -no-force-async-hooks-checks -Disable runtime checks for `async_hooks`. -These will still be enabled dynamically when `async_hooks` is enabled. -. -.It Fl -no-addons -Disable the `node-addons` exports condition as well as disable loading native -addons. When `--no-addons` is specified, calling `process.dlopen` or requiring -a native C++ addon will fail and throw an exception. +Disables runtime checks for \fBasync_hooks\fR. These will still be enabled +dynamically when \fBasync_hooks\fR is enabled. . .It Fl -no-global-search-paths -Do not search modules from global paths. +Do not search modules from global paths like \fB$HOME/.node_modules\fR and +\fB$NODE_PATH\fR. +. +.It Fl -no-network-family-autoselection +Disables the family autoselection algorithm unless connection options explicitly +enables it. . .It Fl -no-warnings Silence all process warnings (including deprecations). @@ -361,103 +962,255 @@ Enable extra debug checks for memory leaks in Node.js internals. This is usually only useful for developers debugging Node.js itself. . .It Fl -openssl-config Ns = Ns Ar file -Load an OpenSSL configuration file on startup. -Among other uses, this can be used to enable FIPS-compliant crypto if Node.js is built with -.Sy ./configure --openssl-fips . +Load an OpenSSL configuration file on startup. Among other uses, this can be +used to enable FIPS-compliant crypto if Node.js is built +against FIPS-enabled OpenSSL. +. +.It Fl -openssl-legacy-provider +Enable OpenSSL 3.0 legacy provider. For more information please see +OSSL_PROVIDER-legacy. +. +.It Fl -openssl-shared-config +Enable OpenSSL default configuration section, \fBopenssl_conf\fR to be read from +the OpenSSL configuration file. The default configuration file is named +\fBopenssl.cnf\fR but this can be changed using the environment variable +\fBOPENSSL_CONF\fR, or by using the command line option \fB--openssl-config\fR. +The location of the default OpenSSL configuration file depends on how OpenSSL +is being linked to Node.js. Sharing the OpenSSL configuration may have unwanted +implications and it is recommended to use a configuration section specific to +Node.js which is \fBnodejs_conf\fR and is default when this option is not used. . .It Fl -pending-deprecation Emit pending deprecation warnings. +Pending deprecations are generally identical to a runtime deprecation with the +notable exception that they are turned \fIoff\fR by default and will not be emitted +unless either the \fB--pending-deprecation\fR command-line flag, or the +\fBNODE_PENDING_DEPRECATION=1\fR environment variable, is set. Pending deprecations +are used to provide a kind of selective "early warning" mechanism that +developers may leverage to detect deprecated API usage. . .It Fl -preserve-symlinks -Instructs the module loader to preserve symbolic links when resolving and caching modules other than the main module. +Instructs the module loader to preserve symbolic links when resolving and +caching modules. +By default, when Node.js loads a module from a path that is symbolically linked +to a different on-disk location, Node.js will dereference the link and use the +actual on-disk "real path" of the module as both an identifier and as a root +path to locate other dependency modules. In most cases, this default behavior +is acceptable. However, when using symbolically linked peer dependencies, as +illustrated in the example below, the default behavior causes an exception to +be thrown if \fBmoduleA\fR attempts to require \fBmoduleB\fR as a peer dependency: +.Bd -literal +{appDir} + ├── app + │ ├── index.js + │ └── node_modules + │ ├── moduleA -> {appDir}/moduleA + │ └── moduleB + │ ├── index.js + │ └── package.json + └── moduleA + ├── index.js + └── package.json +.Ed +The \fB--preserve-symlinks\fR command-line flag instructs Node.js to use the +symlink path for modules as opposed to the real path, allowing symbolically +linked peer dependencies to be found. +Note, however, that using \fB--preserve-symlinks\fR can have other side effects. +Specifically, symbolically linked \fInative\fR modules can fail to load if those +are linked from more than one location in the dependency tree (Node.js would +see those as two separate modules and would attempt to load the module multiple +times, causing an exception to be thrown). +The \fB--preserve-symlinks\fR flag does not apply to the main module, which allows +\fBnode --preserve-symlinks node_module/.bin/\fR to work. To apply the same +behavior for the main module, also use \fB--preserve-symlinks-main\fR. . .It Fl -preserve-symlinks-main -Instructs the module loader to preserve symbolic links when resolving and caching the main module. +Instructs the module loader to preserve symbolic links when resolving and +caching the main module (\fBrequire.main\fR). +This flag exists so that the main module can be opted-in to the same behavior +that \fB--preserve-symlinks\fR gives to all other imports; they are separate flags, +however, for backward compatibility with older Node.js versions. +\fB--preserve-symlinks-main\fR does not imply \fB--preserve-symlinks\fR; use +\fB--preserve-symlinks-main\fR in addition to +\fB--preserve-symlinks\fR when it is not desirable to follow symlinks before +resolving relative paths. +See \fB--preserve-symlinks\fR for more information. +. +.It Fl p , Fl -print Ar "script" +Identical to \fB-e\fR but prints the result. +. +.It Fl -experimental-print-required-tla +If the ES module being \fBrequire()\fR'd contains top-level \fBawait\fR, this flag +allows Node.js to evaluate the module, try to locate the +top-level awaits, and print their location to help users find them. . .It Fl -prof Generate V8 profiler output. . .It Fl -prof-process -Process V8 profiler output generated using the V8 option -.Fl -prof . +Process V8 profiler output generated using the V8 option \fB--prof\fR. . .It Fl -redirect-warnings Ns = Ns Ar file -Write process warnings to the given -.Ar file -instead of printing to stderr. +Write process warnings to the given file instead of printing to stderr. The +file will be created if it does not exist, and will be appended to if it does. +If an error occurs while attempting to write the warning to the file, the +warning will be written to stderr instead. +The \fBfile\fR name may be an absolute path. If it is not, the default directory it +will be written to is controlled by the +\fB--diagnostic-dir\fR command-line option. . .It Fl -report-compact -Write -.Sy diagnostic reports -in a compact format, single-line JSON. -. -.It Fl -report-dir Fl -report-directory -Location at which the -.Sy diagnostic report -will be generated. -The `file` name may be an absolute path. If it is not, the default directory it will -be written to is controlled by the -.Fl -diagnostic-dir . -command-line option. -. -.It Fl -report-filename -Name of the file to which the -.Sy diagnostic report -will be written. +Write reports in a compact format, single-line JSON, more easily consumable +by log processing systems than the default multi-line format designed for +human consumption. +. +.It Fl -report-dir Ns = Ns Ar directory , Fl eport-directory Ns = Ns Ar directory +Location at which the report will be generated. +. +.It Fl -report-filename Ns = Ns Ar filename +Name of the file to which the report will be written. +If the filename is set to \fB'stdout'\fR or \fB'stderr'\fR, the report is written to +the stdout or stderr of the process respectively. . .It Fl -report-on-fatalerror -Enables the -.Sy diagnostic report -to be triggered on fatal errors (internal errors within the Node.js runtime such -as out of memory) that leads to termination of the application. Useful to -inspect various diagnostic data elements such as heap, stack, event loop state, -resource consumption etc. to reason about the fatal error. +Enables the report to be triggered on fatal errors (internal errors within +the Node.js runtime such as out of memory) that lead to termination of the +application. Useful to inspect various diagnostic data elements such as heap, +stack, event loop state, resource consumption etc. to reason about the fatal +error. . .It Fl -report-on-signal -Enables -.Sy diagnostic report -to be generated upon receiving the specified (or predefined) signal to the -running Node.js process. Default signal is SIGUSR2. +Enables report to be generated upon receiving the specified (or predefined) +signal to the running Node.js process. The signal to trigger the report is +specified through \fB--report-signal\fR. . -.It Fl -report-signal -Sets or resets the signal for -.Sy diagnostic report -generation (not supported on Windows). Default signal is SIGUSR2. +.It Fl -report-signal Ns = Ns Ar signal +Sets or resets the signal for report generation (not supported on Windows). +Default signal is \fBSIGUSR2\fR. . .It Fl -report-uncaught-exception -Enables -.Sy diagnostic report -to be generated on un-caught exceptions. Useful when inspecting JavaScript -stack in conjunction with native stack and other runtime environment data. +Enables report to be generated when the process exits due to an uncaught +exception. Useful when inspecting the JavaScript stack in conjunction with +native stack and other runtime environment data. +. +.It Fl -report-exclude-network +Exclude \fBheader.networkInterfaces\fR from the diagnostic report. By default +this is not set and the network interfaces are included. +. +.It Fl r , Fl -require Ar module +Preload the specified module at startup. +Follows \fBrequire()\fR's module resolution +rules. \fBmodule\fR may be either a path to a file, or a node module name. +Only CommonJS modules are supported. +Use \fB--import\fR to preload an ECMAScript module. +Modules preloaded with \fB--require\fR will run before modules preloaded with \fB--import\fR. +Modules are preloaded into the main thread as well as any worker threads, +forked processes, or clustered processes. +. +.It Fl -run + +This runs a specified command from a package.json's \fB"scripts"\fR object. +If a missing \fB"command"\fR is provided, it will list the available scripts. +\fB--run\fR will traverse up to the root directory and finds a \fBpackage.json\fR +file to run the command from. +\fB--run\fR prepends \fB./node_modules/.bin\fR for each ancestor of +the current directory, to the \fBPATH\fR in order to execute the binaries from +different folders where multiple \fBnode_modules\fR directories are present, if +\fBancestor-folder/node_modules/.bin\fR is a directory. +\fB--run\fR executes the command in the directory containing the related \fBpackage.json\fR. +For example, the following command will run the \fBtest\fR script of +the \fBpackage.json\fR in the current folder: +.Bd -literal +$ node --run test +.Ed +You can also pass arguments to the command. Any argument after \fB--\fR will +be appended to the script: +.Bd -literal +$ node --run test -- --verbose +.Ed . .It Fl -secure-heap Ns = Ns Ar n -Specify the size of the OpenSSL secure heap. Any value less than 2 disables -the secure heap. The default is 0. The value must be a power of two. +Initializes an OpenSSL secure heap of \fBn\fR bytes. When initialized, the +secure heap is used for selected types of allocations within OpenSSL +during key generation and other operations. This is useful, for instance, +to prevent sensitive information from leaking due to pointer overruns +or underruns. +The secure heap is a fixed size and cannot be resized at runtime so, +if used, it is important to select a large enough heap to cover all +application uses. +The heap size given must be a power of two. Any value less than 2 +will disable the secure heap. +The secure heap is disabled by default. +The secure heap is not available on Windows. +See \fBCRYPTO_secure_malloc_init\fR for more details. . .It Fl -secure-heap-min Ns = Ns Ar n -Specify the minimum allocation from the OpenSSL secure heap. The default is 2. The value must be a power of two. +When using \fB--secure-heap\fR, the \fB--secure-heap-min\fR flag specifies the +minimum allocation from the secure heap. The minimum value is \fB2\fR. +The maximum value is the lesser of \fB--secure-heap\fR or \fB2147483647\fR. +The value given must be a power of two. +. +.It Fl -snapshot-blob Ns = Ns Ar path + +When used with \fB--build-snapshot\fR, \fB--snapshot-blob\fR specifies the path +where the generated snapshot blob is written to. If not specified, the +generated blob is written to \fBsnapshot.blob\fR in the current working directory. +When used without \fB--build-snapshot\fR, \fB--snapshot-blob\fR specifies the +path to the blob that is used to restore the application state. +When loading a snapshot, Node.js checks that: +.Bl -bullet +.It +The version, architecture, and platform of the running Node.js binary +are exactly the same as that of the binary that generates the snapshot. +.It +The V8 flags and CPU features are compatible with that of the binary +that generates the snapshot. +.El +If they don't match, Node.js refuses to load the snapshot and exits with +status code 1. . .It Fl -test -Starts the Node.js command line test runner. +Starts the Node.js command line test runner. This flag cannot be combined with +\fB--watch-path\fR, \fB--check\fR, \fB--eval\fR, \fB--interactive\fR, or the inspector. +See the documentation on running tests from the command line +for more details. . .It Fl -test-concurrency The maximum number of test files that the test runner CLI will execute -concurrently. +concurrently. If \fB--experimental-test-isolation\fR is set to \fB'none'\fR, this flag +is ignored and concurrency is one. Otherwise, concurrency defaults to +\fBos.availableParallelism() - 1\fR. . .It Fl -test-coverage-branches Ns = Ns Ar threshold -Require a minimum threshold for branch coverage (0 - 100). + +Require a minimum percent of covered branches. If code coverage does not reach +the threshold specified, the process will exit with code \fB1\fR. . .It Fl -test-coverage-exclude -A glob pattern that excludes matching files from the coverage report + +Excludes specific files from code coverage using a glob pattern, which can match +both absolute and relative file paths. +This option may be specified multiple times to exclude multiple glob patterns. +If both \fB--test-coverage-exclude\fR and \fB--test-coverage-include\fR are provided, +files must meet \fBboth\fR criteria to be included in the coverage report. . .It Fl -test-coverage-functions Ns = Ns Ar threshold -Require a minimum threshold for function coverage (0 - 100). + +Require a minimum percent of covered functions. If code coverage does not reach +the threshold specified, the process will exit with code \fB1\fR. . .It Fl -test-coverage-include -A glob pattern that only includes matching files in the coverage report + +Includes specific files in code coverage using a glob pattern, which can match +both absolute and relative file paths. +This option may be specified multiple times to include multiple glob patterns. +If both \fB--test-coverage-exclude\fR and \fB--test-coverage-include\fR are provided, +files must meet \fBboth\fR criteria to be included in the coverage report. . .It Fl -test-coverage-lines Ns = Ns Ar threshold -Require a minimum threshold for line coverage (0 - 100). + +Require a minimum percent of covered lines. If code coverage does not reach +the threshold specified, the process will exit with code \fB1\fR. . .It Fl -test-force-exit Configures the test runner to exit the process once all known tests have @@ -465,107 +1218,127 @@ finished executing even if the event loop would otherwise remain active. . .It Fl -test-name-pattern A regular expression that configures the test runner to only execute tests -whose name matches the provided pattern. +whose name matches the provided pattern. See the documentation on +filtering tests by name for more details. +If both \fB--test-name-pattern\fR and \fB--test-skip-pattern\fR are supplied, +tests must satisfy \fBboth\fR requirements in order to be executed. +. +.It Fl -test-only +Configures the test runner to only execute top level tests that have the \fBonly\fR +option set. This flag is not necessary when test isolation is disabled. . .It Fl -test-reporter -A test reporter to use when running tests. +A test reporter to use when running tests. See the documentation on +test reporters for more details. . .It Fl -test-reporter-destination -The destination for the corresponding test reporter. -. -.It Fl -test-only -Configures the test runner to only execute top level tests that have the `only` -option set. +The destination for the corresponding test reporter. See the documentation on +test reporters for more details. . .It Fl -test-shard -Test suite shard to execute in a format of /. +Test suite shard to execute in a format of \fB/\fR, where +\fBindex\fR is a positive integer, index of divided parts +\fBtotal\fR is a positive integer, total of divided part +This command will divide all tests files into \fBtotal\fR equal parts, +and will run only those that happen to be in an \fBindex\fR part. +For example, to split your tests suite into three parts, use this: +.Bd -literal +node --test --test-shard=1/3 +node --test --test-shard=2/3 +node --test --test-shard=3/3 +.Ed . .It Fl -test-skip-pattern A regular expression that configures the test runner to skip tests -whose name matches the provided pattern. +whose name matches the provided pattern. See the documentation on +filtering tests by name for more details. +If both \fB--test-name-pattern\fR and \fB--test-skip-pattern\fR are supplied, +tests must satisfy \fBboth\fR requirements in order to be executed. . .It Fl -test-timeout -A number of milliseconds the test execution will fail after. +A number of milliseconds the test execution will fail after. If unspecified, +subtests inherit this value from their parent. The default value is \fBInfinity\fR. . .It Fl -test-update-snapshots -Regenerates the snapshot file used by the test runner for snapshot testing. + +Regenerates the snapshot files used by the test runner for snapshot testing. +Node.js must be started with the \fB--experimental-test-snapshots\fR flag in order +to use this functionality. . .It Fl -throw-deprecation Throw errors for deprecations. . .It Fl -title Ns = Ns Ar title -Specify process.title on startup. +Set \fBprocess.title\fR on startup. . .It Fl -tls-cipher-list Ns = Ns Ar list -Specify an alternative default TLS cipher list. -Requires Node.js to be built with crypto support. (Default) +Specify an alternative default TLS cipher list. Requires Node.js to be built +with crypto support (default). . .It Fl -tls-keylog Ns = Ns Ar file -Log TLS key material to a file. The key material is in NSS SSLKEYLOGFILE +Log TLS key material to a file. The key material is in NSS \fBSSLKEYLOGFILE\fR format and can be used by software (such as Wireshark) to decrypt the TLS traffic. . .It Fl -tls-max-v1.2 -Set default maxVersion to 'TLSv1.2'. Use to disable support for TLSv1.3. +Set \fBtls.DEFAULT_MAX_VERSION\fR to 'TLSv1.2'. Use to disable support for +TLSv1.3. . .It Fl -tls-max-v1.3 -Set default maxVersion to 'TLSv1.3'. Use to enable support for TLSv1.3. +Set default \fBtls.DEFAULT_MAX_VERSION\fR to 'TLSv1.3'. Use to enable support +for TLSv1.3. . .It Fl -tls-min-v1.0 -Set default minVersion to 'TLSv1'. Use for compatibility with old TLS clients -or servers. +Set default \fBtls.DEFAULT_MIN_VERSION\fR to 'TLSv1'. Use for compatibility with +old TLS clients or servers. . .It Fl -tls-min-v1.1 -Set default minVersion to 'TLSv1.1'. Use for compatibility with old TLS clients -or servers. +Set default \fBtls.DEFAULT_MIN_VERSION\fR to 'TLSv1.1'. Use for compatibility +with old TLS clients or servers. . .It Fl -tls-min-v1.2 -Set default minVersion to 'TLSv1.2'. This is the default for 12.x and later, -but the option is supported for compatibility with older Node.js versions. +Set default \fBtls.DEFAULT_MIN_VERSION\fR to 'TLSv1.2'. This is the default for +12.x and later, but the option is supported for compatibility with older Node.js +versions. . .It Fl -tls-min-v1.3 -Set default minVersion to 'TLSv1.3'. Use to disable support for TLSv1.2 in -favour of TLSv1.3, which is more secure. +Set default \fBtls.DEFAULT_MIN_VERSION\fR to 'TLSv1.3'. Use to disable support +for TLSv1.2, which is not as secure as TLSv1.3. . .It Fl -trace-deprecation Print stack traces for deprecations. . -.It Fl -trace-event-categories Ar categories -A comma-separated list of categories that should be traced when trace event tracing is enabled using -.Fl -trace-events-enabled . +.It Fl -trace-event-categories +A comma separated list of categories that should be traced when trace event +tracing is enabled using \fB--trace-events-enabled\fR. . -.It Fl -trace-event-file-pattern Ar pattern +.It Fl -trace-event-file-pattern Template string specifying the filepath for the trace event data, it -supports -.Sy ${rotation} -and -.Sy ${pid} . +supports \fB${rotation}\fR and \fB${pid}\fR. . .It Fl -trace-events-enabled -Enable the collection of trace event tracing information. +Enables the collection of trace event tracing information. . .It Fl -trace-exit Prints a stack trace whenever an environment is exited proactively, -i.e. invoking `process.exit()`. +i.e. invoking \fBprocess.exit()\fR. +. .It Fl -trace-sigint Prints a stack trace on SIGINT. . .It Fl -trace-sync-io -Print a stack trace whenever synchronous I/O is detected after the first turn of the event loop. +Prints a stack trace whenever synchronous I/O is detected after the first turn +of the event loop. . .It Fl -trace-tls -Prints TLS packet trace information to stderr. +Prints TLS packet trace information to \fBstderr\fR. This can be used to debug TLS +connection problems. . .It Fl -trace-uncaught Print stack traces for uncaught exceptions; usually, the stack trace associated -with the creation of an -.Sy Error -is printed, whereas this makes Node.js also +with the creation of an \fBError\fR is printed, whereas this makes Node.js also print the stack trace associated with throwing the value (which does not need -to be an -.Sy Error -instance). -.Pp +to be an \fBError\fR instance). Enabling this option may affect garbage collection behavior negatively. . .It Fl -trace-warnings @@ -574,238 +1347,623 @@ Print stack traces for process warnings (including deprecations). .It Fl -track-heap-objects Track heap object allocations for heap snapshots. . -.It Fl -unhandled-rejections=mode -Define the behavior for unhandled rejections. Can be one of `strict` (raise an error), `warn` (enforce warnings) or `none` (silence warnings). +.It Fl -unhandled-rejections Ns = Ns Ar mode +Using this flag allows to change what should happen when an unhandled rejection +occurs. One of the following modes can be chosen: +.Bl -bullet +.It +\fBthrow\fR: Emit \fBunhandledRejection\fR. If this hook is not set, raise the +unhandled rejection as an uncaught exception. This is the default. +.It +\fBstrict\fR: Raise the unhandled rejection as an uncaught exception. If the +exception is handled, \fBunhandledRejection\fR is emitted. +.It +\fBwarn\fR: Always trigger a warning, no matter if the \fBunhandledRejection\fR +hook is set or not but do not print the deprecation warning. +.It +\fBwarn-with-error-code\fR: Emit \fBunhandledRejection\fR. If this hook is not +set, trigger a warning, and set the process exit code to 1. +.It +\fBnone\fR: Silence all warnings. +.El +If a rejection happens during the command line entry point's ES module static +loading phase, it will always raise it as an uncaught exception. . .It Fl -use-bundled-ca , Fl -use-openssl-ca -Use bundled Mozilla CA store as supplied by current Node.js version or use OpenSSL's default CA store. -The default store is selectable at build-time. -.Pp -The bundled CA store, as supplied by Node.js, is a snapshot of Mozilla CA store that is fixed at release time. -It is identical on all supported platforms. -.Pp -Using OpenSSL store allows for external modifications of the store. -For most Linux and BSD distributions, this store is maintained by the distribution maintainers and system administrators. -OpenSSL CA store location is dependent on configuration of the OpenSSL library but this can be altered at runtime using environment variables. -.Pp -See -.Ev SSL_CERT_DIR -and -.Ev SSL_CERT_FILE . +Use bundled Mozilla CA store as supplied by current Node.js version +or use OpenSSL's default CA store. The default store is selectable +at build-time. +The bundled CA store, as supplied by Node.js, is a snapshot of Mozilla CA store +that is fixed at release time. It is identical on all supported platforms. +Using OpenSSL store allows for external modifications of the store. For most +Linux and BSD distributions, this store is maintained by the distribution +maintainers and system administrators. OpenSSL CA store location is dependent on +configuration of the OpenSSL library but this can be altered at runtime using +environment variables. +See \fBSSL_CERT_DIR\fR and \fBSSL_CERT_FILE\fR. . .It Fl -use-largepages Ns = Ns Ar mode Re-map the Node.js static code to large memory pages at startup. If supported on the target system, this will cause the Node.js static code to be moved onto 2 MiB pages instead of 4 KiB pages. -.Pp -.Ar mode -must have one of the following values: -`off` (the default value, meaning do not map), `on` (map and ignore failure, -reporting it to stderr), or `silent` (map and silently ignore failure). +The following values are valid for \fBmode\fR: +.Bl -bullet +.It +\fBoff\fR: No mapping will be attempted. This is the default. +.It +\fBon\fR: If supported by the OS, mapping will be attempted. Failure to map will +be ignored and a message will be printed to standard error. +.It +\fBsilent\fR: If supported by the OS, mapping will be attempted. Failure to map +will be ignored and will not be reported. +.El . .It Fl -v8-options Print V8 command-line options. . .It Fl -v8-pool-size Ns = Ns Ar num Set V8's thread pool size which will be used to allocate background jobs. -If set to 0 then V8 will choose an appropriate size of the thread pool based on the number of online processors. -If the value provided is larger than V8's maximum, then the largest value will be chosen. +If set to \fB0\fR then Node.js will choose an appropriate size of the thread pool +based on an estimate of the amount of parallelism. +The amount of parallelism refers to the number of computations that can be +carried out simultaneously in a given machine. In general, it's the same as the +amount of CPUs, but it may diverge in environments such as VMs or containers. +. +.It Fl v , Fl -version +Print node's version. +. +.It Fl -watch + +Starts Node.js in watch mode. +When in watch mode, changes in the watched files cause the Node.js process to +restart. +By default, watch mode will watch the entry point +and any required or imported module. +Use \fB--watch-path\fR to specify what paths to watch. +This flag cannot be combined with +\fB--check\fR, \fB--eval\fR, \fB--interactive\fR, or the REPL. +.Bd -literal +node --watch index.js +.Ed +. +.It Fl -watch-path + +Starts Node.js in watch mode and specifies what paths to watch. +When in watch mode, changes in the watched paths cause the Node.js process to +restart. +This will turn off watching of required or imported modules, even when used in +combination with \fB--watch\fR. +This flag cannot be combined with +\fB--check\fR, \fB--eval\fR, \fB--interactive\fR, \fB--test\fR, or the REPL. +.Bd -literal +node --watch-path=./src --watch-path=./tests index.js +.Ed +This option is only supported on macOS and Windows. +An \fBERR_FEATURE_UNAVAILABLE_ON_PLATFORM\fR exception will be thrown +when the option is used on a platform that does not support it. +. +.It Fl -watch-preserve-output +Disable the clearing of the console when watch mode restarts the process. +.Bd -literal +node --watch --watch-preserve-output test.js +.Ed . .It Fl -zero-fill-buffers -Automatically zero-fills all newly allocated Buffer and SlowBuffer instances. +Automatically zero-fills all newly allocated \fBBuffer\fR and \fBSlowBuffer\fR +instances. . -.It Fl c , Fl -check -Check the script's syntax without executing it. -Exits with an error code if script is invalid. + +.El . -.It Fl e , Fl -eval Ar string -Evaluate -.Ar string -as JavaScript. +.Sh ENVIRONMENT +.Bl -tag -width 6n +.It Ev FORCE_COLOR Ar [1, 2, 3] +The \fBFORCE_COLOR\fR environment variable is used to +enable ANSI colorized output. The value may be: +.Bl -bullet +.It +\fB1\fR, \fBtrue\fR, or the empty string \fB''\fR indicate 16-color support, +.It +\fB2\fR to indicate 256-color support, or +.It +\fB3\fR to indicate 16 million-color support. +.El +When \fBFORCE_COLOR\fR is used and set to a supported value, both the \fBNO_COLOR\fR, +and \fBNODE_DISABLE_COLORS\fR environment variables are ignored. +Any other value will result in colorized output being disabled. . -.It Fl h , Fl -help -Print command-line options. -The output of this option is less detailed than this document. +.It Ev NO_COLOR Ar +\fBNO_COLOR\fR is an alias for \fBNODE_DISABLE_COLORS\fR. The value of the +environment variable is arbitrary. . -.It Fl i , Fl -interactive -Open the REPL even if stdin does not appear to be a terminal. +.It Ev NODE_COMPILE_CACHE Ar dir + +Enable the module compile cache for the Node.js instance. See the documentation of +module compile cache for details. . -.It Fl p , Fl -print Ar string -Identical to -.Fl e , -but prints the result. +.It Ev NODE_DEBUG Ar module[,…] +\fB','\fR-separated list of core modules that should print debug information. . -.It Fl r , Fl -require Ar module -Preload the specified -.Ar module -at startup. -Follows `require()`'s module resolution rules. -.Ar module -may be either a path to a file, or a Node.js module name. +.It Ev NODE_DEBUG_NATIVE Ar module[,…] +\fB','\fR-separated list of core C++ modules that should print debug information. . -.It Fl v , Fl -version -Print node's version. -.El +.It Ev NODE_DISABLE_COLORS Ar 1 +When set, colors will not be used in the REPL. . -.\" ===================================================================== -.Sh ENVIRONMENT -.Bl -tag -width 6n -.It Ev FORCE_COLOR -Used to enable ANSI colorized output. The value may be one of: -.Ar 1 -, -.Ar true -, or -.Ar an empty string -to -indicate 16-color support, -.Ar 2 -to indicate 256-color support, or -.Ar 3 -to indicate 16 million-color support. When used and set to a supported -value, both the NO_COLOR and NODE_DISABLE_COLORS environment variables -are ignored. Any other value will result in colorized output being -disabled. -. -.It Ev NO_COLOR -Alias for NODE_DISABLE_COLORS -. -.It Ev NODE_DEBUG Ar modules... -Comma-separated list of core modules that should print debug information. -. -.It Ev NODE_DEBUG_NATIVE Ar modules... -Comma-separated list of C++ core modules that should print debug information. -. -.It Ev NODE_DISABLE_COLORS -When set to -.Ar 1 , -colors will not be used in the REPL. +.It Ev NODE_DISABLE_COMPILE_CACHE Ar 1 + +Disable the module compile cache for the Node.js instance. See the documentation of +module compile cache for details. . .It Ev NODE_EXTRA_CA_CERTS Ar file -When set, the well-known -.Dq root -CAs (like VeriSign) will be extended with the extra certificates in -.Ar file . -The file should consist of one or more trusted certificates in PEM format. -.Pp -If -.Ar file -is missing or misformatted, a message will be emitted once using -.Sy process.emitWarning() , -but any errors are otherwise ignored. -.Pp -This environment variable is ignored when `node` runs as setuid root or +When set, the well known "root" CAs (like VeriSign) will be extended with the +extra certificates in \fBfile\fR. The file should consist of one or more trusted +certificates in PEM format. A message will be emitted (once) with +\fBprocess.emitWarning()\fR if the file is missing or +malformed, but any errors are otherwise ignored. +Neither the well known nor extra certificates are used when the \fBca\fR +options property is explicitly specified for a TLS or HTTPS client or server. +This environment variable is ignored when \fBnode\fR runs as setuid root or has Linux file capabilities set. -.Pp -The -.Ar NODE_EXTRA_CA_CERTS -environment variable is only read when the Node.js process is first launched. -Changing the value at runtime using -.Ar process.env.NODE_EXTRA_CA_CERTS -has no effect on the current process. +The \fBNODE_EXTRA_CA_CERTS\fR environment variable is only read when the Node.js +process is first launched. Changing the value at runtime using +\fBprocess.env.NODE_EXTRA_CA_CERTS\fR has no effect on the current process. . .It Ev NODE_ICU_DATA Ar file -Data path for ICU (Intl object) data. -Will extend linked-in data when compiled with small-icu support. +Data path for ICU (\fBIntl\fR object) data. Will extend linked-in data when compiled +with small-icu support. . -.It Ev NODE_NO_WARNINGS -When set to -.Ar 1 , -process warnings are silenced. +.It Ev NODE_NO_WARNINGS Ar 1 +When set to \fB1\fR, process warnings are silenced. . .It Ev NODE_OPTIONS Ar options... -A space-separated list of command-line -.Ar options , -which are interpreted as if they had been specified on the command line before the actual command (so they can be overridden). -Node.js will exit with an error if an option that is not allowed in the environment is used, such as -.Fl -print -or a script file. -. -.It Ev NODE_PATH Ar directories... -A colon-separated list of -.Ar directories -prefixed to the module search path. -. -.It Ev NODE_PENDING_DEPRECATION -When set to -.Ar 1 , -emit pending deprecation warnings. -. -.It Ev NODE_PRESERVE_SYMLINKS -When set to -.Ar 1 , -the module loader preserves symbolic links when resolving and caching modules. +A space-separated list of command-line options. \fBoptions...\fR are interpreted +before command-line options, so command-line options will override or +compound after anything in \fBoptions...\fR. Node.js will exit with an error if +an option that is not allowed in the environment is used, such as \fB-p\fR or a +script file. +If an option value contains a space, it can be escaped using double quotes: +.Bd -literal +NODE_OPTIONS='--require "./my path/file.js"' +.Ed +A singleton flag passed as a command-line option will override the same flag +passed into \fBNODE_OPTIONS\fR: +.Bd -literal +# The inspector will be available on port 5555 +NODE_OPTIONS='--inspect=localhost:4444' node --inspect=localhost:5555 +.Ed +A flag that can be passed multiple times will be treated as if its +\fBNODE_OPTIONS\fR instances were passed first, and then its command-line +instances afterwards: +.Bd -literal +NODE_OPTIONS='--require "./a.js"' node --require "./b.js" +# is equivalent to: +node --require "./a.js" --require "./b.js" +.Ed +Node.js options that are allowed are in the following list. If an option +supports both --XX and --no-XX variants, they are both supported but only +one is included in the list below. +.Bl -bullet +.It +\fB--allow-addons\fR +.It +\fB--allow-child-process\fR +.It +\fB--allow-fs-read\fR +.It +\fB--allow-fs-write\fR +.It +\fB--allow-wasi\fR +.It +\fB--allow-worker\fR +.It +\fB--conditions\fR, \fB-C\fR +.It +\fB--diagnostic-dir\fR +.It +\fB--disable-proto\fR +.It +\fB--disable-warning\fR +.It +\fB--disable-wasm-trap-handler\fR +.It +\fB--dns-result-order\fR +.It +\fB--enable-fips\fR +.It +\fB--enable-network-family-autoselection\fR +.It +\fB--enable-source-maps\fR +.It +\fB--entry-url\fR +.It +\fB--experimental-abortcontroller\fR +.It +\fB--experimental-async-context-frame\fR +.It +\fB--experimental-default-type\fR +.It +\fB--experimental-detect-module\fR +.It +\fB--experimental-eventsource\fR +.It +\fB--experimental-import-meta-resolve\fR +.It +\fB--experimental-json-modules\fR +.It +\fB--experimental-loader\fR +.It +\fB--experimental-modules\fR +.It +\fB--experimental-permission\fR +.It +\fB--experimental-print-required-tla\fR +.It +\fB--experimental-require-module\fR +.It +\fB--experimental-shadow-realm\fR +.It +\fB--experimental-specifier-resolution\fR +.It +\fB--experimental-sqlite\fR +.It +\fB--experimental-strip-types\fR +.It +\fB--experimental-top-level-await\fR +.It +\fB--experimental-transform-types\fR +.It +\fB--experimental-vm-modules\fR +.It +\fB--experimental-wasi-unstable-preview1\fR +.It +\fB--experimental-wasm-modules\fR +.It +\fB--experimental-webstorage\fR +.It +\fB--force-context-aware\fR +.It +\fB--force-fips\fR +.It +\fB--force-node-api-uncaught-exceptions-policy\fR +.It +\fB--frozen-intrinsics\fR +.It +\fB--heapsnapshot-near-heap-limit\fR +.It +\fB--heapsnapshot-signal\fR +.It +\fB--http-parser\fR +.It +\fB--icu-data-dir\fR +.It +\fB--import\fR +.It +\fB--input-type\fR +.It +\fB--insecure-http-parser\fR +.It +\fB--inspect-brk\fR +.It +\fB--inspect-port\fR, \fB--debug-port\fR +.It +\fB--inspect-publish-uid\fR +.It +\fB--inspect-wait\fR +.It +\fB--inspect\fR +.It +\fB--localstorage-file\fR +.It +\fB--max-http-header-size\fR +.It +\fB--napi-modules\fR +.It +\fB--network-family-autoselection-attempt-timeout\fR +.It +\fB--no-addons\fR +.It +\fB--no-deprecation\fR +.It +\fB--no-experimental-global-navigator\fR +.It +\fB--no-experimental-repl-await\fR +.It +\fB--no-experimental-websocket\fR +.It +\fB--no-extra-info-on-fatal-exception\fR +.It +\fB--no-force-async-hooks-checks\fR +.It +\fB--no-global-search-paths\fR +.It +\fB--no-network-family-autoselection\fR +.It +\fB--no-warnings\fR +.It +\fB--node-memory-debug\fR +.It +\fB--openssl-config\fR +.It +\fB--openssl-legacy-provider\fR +.It +\fB--openssl-shared-config\fR +.It +\fB--pending-deprecation\fR +.It +\fB--preserve-symlinks-main\fR +.It +\fB--preserve-symlinks\fR +.It +\fB--prof-process\fR +.It +\fB--redirect-warnings\fR +.It +\fB--report-compact\fR +.It +\fB--report-dir\fR, \fB--report-directory\fR +.It +\fB--report-exclude-network\fR +.It +\fB--report-filename\fR +.It +\fB--report-on-fatalerror\fR +.It +\fB--report-on-signal\fR +.It +\fB--report-signal\fR +.It +\fB--report-uncaught-exception\fR +.It +\fB--require\fR, \fB-r\fR +.It +\fB--secure-heap-min\fR +.It +\fB--secure-heap\fR +.It +\fB--snapshot-blob\fR +.It +\fB--test-coverage-branches\fR +.It +\fB--test-coverage-exclude\fR +.It +\fB--test-coverage-functions\fR +.It +\fB--test-coverage-include\fR +.It +\fB--test-coverage-lines\fR +.It +\fB--test-name-pattern\fR +.It +\fB--test-only\fR +.It +\fB--test-reporter-destination\fR +.It +\fB--test-reporter\fR +.It +\fB--test-shard\fR +.It +\fB--test-skip-pattern\fR +.It +\fB--throw-deprecation\fR +.It +\fB--title\fR +.It +\fB--tls-cipher-list\fR +.It +\fB--tls-keylog\fR +.It +\fB--tls-max-v1.2\fR +.It +\fB--tls-max-v1.3\fR +.It +\fB--tls-min-v1.0\fR +.It +\fB--tls-min-v1.1\fR +.It +\fB--tls-min-v1.2\fR +.It +\fB--tls-min-v1.3\fR +.It +\fB--trace-deprecation\fR +.It +\fB--trace-event-categories\fR +.It +\fB--trace-event-file-pattern\fR +.It +\fB--trace-events-enabled\fR +.It +\fB--trace-exit\fR +.It +\fB--trace-sigint\fR +.It +\fB--trace-sync-io\fR +.It +\fB--trace-tls\fR +.It +\fB--trace-uncaught\fR +.It +\fB--trace-warnings\fR +.It +\fB--track-heap-objects\fR +.It +\fB--unhandled-rejections\fR +.It +\fB--use-bundled-ca\fR +.It +\fB--use-largepages\fR +.It +\fB--use-openssl-ca\fR +.It +\fB--v8-pool-size\fR +.It +\fB--watch-path\fR +.It +\fB--watch-preserve-output\fR +.It +\fB--watch\fR +.It +\fB--zero-fill-buffers\fR +.El +V8 options that are allowed are: +.Bl -bullet +.It +\fB--abort-on-uncaught-exception\fR +.It +\fB--disallow-code-generation-from-strings\fR +.It +\fB--enable-etw-stack-walking\fR +.It +\fB--expose-gc\fR +.It +\fB--interpreted-frames-native-stack\fR +.It +\fB--jitless\fR +.It +\fB--max-old-space-size\fR +.It +\fB--max-semi-space-size\fR +.It +\fB--perf-basic-prof-only-functions\fR +.It +\fB--perf-basic-prof\fR +.It +\fB--perf-prof-unwinding-info\fR +.It +\fB--perf-prof\fR +.It +\fB--stack-trace-limit\fR +.El +\fB--perf-basic-prof-only-functions\fR, \fB--perf-basic-prof\fR, +\fB--perf-prof-unwinding-info\fR, and \fB--perf-prof\fR are only available on Linux. +\fB--enable-etw-stack-walking\fR is only available on Windows. +. +.It Ev NODE_PATH Ar path[:…] +\fB':'\fR-separated list of directories prefixed to the module search path. +On Windows, this is a \fB';'\fR-separated list instead. +. +.It Ev NODE_PENDING_DEPRECATION Ar 1 +When set to \fB1\fR, emit pending deprecation warnings. +Pending deprecations are generally identical to a runtime deprecation with the +notable exception that they are turned \fIoff\fR by default and will not be emitted +unless either the \fB--pending-deprecation\fR command-line flag, or the +\fBNODE_PENDING_DEPRECATION=1\fR environment variable, is set. Pending deprecations +are used to provide a kind of selective "early warning" mechanism that +developers may leverage to detect deprecated API usage. +. +.It Ev NODE_PENDING_PIPE_INSTANCES Ar instances +Set the number of pending pipe instance handles when the pipe server is waiting +for connections. This setting applies to Windows only. +. +.It Ev NODE_PRESERVE_SYMLINKS Ar 1 +When set to \fB1\fR, instructs the module loader to preserve symbolic links when +resolving and caching modules. . .It Ev NODE_REDIRECT_WARNINGS Ar file -Write process warnings to the given -.Ar file -instead of printing to stderr. -Equivalent to passing -.Fl -redirect-warnings Ar file -on the command line. -. -.It Ev NODE_REPL_HISTORY Ar file -Path to the -.Ar file -used to store persistent REPL history. -The default path is -.Sy ~/.node_repl_history , -which is overridden by this variable. -Setting the value to an empty string ("" or " ") will disable persistent REPL history. +When set, process warnings will be emitted to the given file instead of +printing to stderr. The file will be created if it does not exist, and will be +appended to if it does. If an error occurs while attempting to write the +warning to the file, the warning will be written to stderr instead. This is +equivalent to using the \fB--redirect-warnings=file\fR command-line flag. . .It Ev NODE_REPL_EXTERNAL_MODULE Ar file Path to a Node.js module which will be loaded in place of the built-in REPL. -Overriding this value to an empty string (`''`) will use the built-in REPL. +Overriding this value to an empty string (\fB''\fR) will use the built-in REPL. . -.It Ev NODE_SKIP_PLATFORM_CHECK -When set to -.Ar 1 , -the check for a supported platform is skipped during Node.js startup. -Node.js might not execute correctly. -Any issues encountered on unsupported platforms will not be fixed. +.It Ev NODE_REPL_HISTORY Ar file +Path to the file used to store the persistent REPL history. The default path is +\fB~/.node_repl_history\fR, which is overridden by this variable. Setting the value +to an empty string (\fB''\fR or \fB' '\fR) disables persistent REPL history. . -.It Ev NODE_TLS_REJECT_UNAUTHORIZED -When set to -.Ar 0 , -TLS certificate validation is disabled. +.It Ev NODE_SKIP_PLATFORM_CHECK Ar value +If \fBvalue\fR equals \fB'1'\fR, the check for a supported platform is skipped during +Node.js startup. Node.js might not execute correctly. Any issues encountered +on unsupported platforms will not be fixed. +. +.It Ev NODE_TEST_CONTEXT Ar value +If \fBvalue\fR equals \fB'child'\fR, test reporter options will be overridden and test +output will be sent to stdout in the TAP format. If any other value is provided, +Node.js makes no guarantees about the reporter format used or its stability. +. +.It Ev NODE_TLS_REJECT_UNAUTHORIZED Ar value +If \fBvalue\fR equals \fB'0'\fR, certificate validation is disabled for TLS connections. +This makes TLS, and HTTPS by extension, insecure. The use of this environment +variable is strongly discouraged. . .It Ev NODE_V8_COVERAGE Ar dir -When set, Node.js writes JavaScript code coverage information to -.Ar dir . +When set, Node.js will begin outputting V8 JavaScript code coverage and +Source Map data to the directory provided as an argument (coverage +information is written as JSON to files with a \fBcoverage\fR prefix). +\fBNODE_V8_COVERAGE\fR will automatically propagate to subprocesses, making it +easier to instrument applications that call the \fBchild_process.spawn()\fR family +of functions. \fBNODE_V8_COVERAGE\fR can be set to an empty string, to prevent +propagation. . .It Ev OPENSSL_CONF Ar file -Load an OpenSSL configuration file on startup. -Among other uses, this can be used to enable FIPS-compliant crypto if Node.js is built with -.Sy ./configure --openssl-fips . -.Pp -If the -.Fl -openssl-config -command-line option is used, this environment variable is ignored. +Load an OpenSSL configuration file on startup. Among other uses, this can be +used to enable FIPS-compliant crypto if Node.js is built with +\fB./configure --openssl-fips\fR. +If the \fB--openssl-config\fR command-line option is used, the environment +variable is ignored. . .It Ev SSL_CERT_DIR Ar dir -If -.Fl -use-openssl-ca -is enabled, this overrides and sets OpenSSL's directory containing trusted certificates. +If \fB--use-openssl-ca\fR is enabled, this overrides and sets OpenSSL's directory +containing trusted certificates. +Be aware that unless the child environment is explicitly set, this environment +variable will be inherited by any child processes, and if they use OpenSSL, it +may cause them to trust the same CAs as node. . .It Ev SSL_CERT_FILE Ar file -If -.Fl -use-openssl-ca -is enabled, this overrides and sets OpenSSL's file containing trusted certificates. +If \fB--use-openssl-ca\fR is enabled, this overrides and sets OpenSSL's file +containing trusted certificates. +Be aware that unless the child environment is explicitly set, this environment +variable will be inherited by any child processes, and if they use OpenSSL, it +may cause them to trust the same CAs as node. . .It Ev TZ -Specify the timezone configuration. +The \fBTZ\fR environment variable is used to specify the timezone configuration. +While Node.js does not support all of the various ways that \fBTZ\fR is handled in +other environments, it does support basic timezone IDs (such as +\fB'Etc/UTC'\fR, \fB'Europe/Paris'\fR, or \fB'America/New_York'\fR). +It may support a few other abbreviations or aliases, but these are strongly +discouraged and not guaranteed. +.Bd -literal +$ TZ=Europe/Dublin node -pe "new Date().toString()" +Wed May 12 2021 20:30:48 GMT+0100 (Irish Standard Time) +.Ed . .It Ev UV_THREADPOOL_SIZE Ar size -Sets the number of threads used in libuv's threadpool to -.Ar size . -. +Set the number of threads used in libuv's threadpool to \fBsize\fR threads. +Asynchronous system APIs are used by Node.js whenever possible, but where they +do not exist, libuv's threadpool is used to create asynchronous node APIs based +on synchronous system APIs. Node.js APIs that use the threadpool are: +.Bl -bullet +.It +all \fBfs\fR APIs, other than the file watcher APIs and those that are explicitly +synchronous +.It +asynchronous crypto APIs such as \fBcrypto.pbkdf2()\fR, \fBcrypto.scrypt()\fR, +\fBcrypto.randomBytes()\fR, \fBcrypto.randomFill()\fR, \fBcrypto.generateKeyPair()\fR +.It +\fBdns.lookup()\fR +.It +all \fBzlib\fR APIs, other than those that are explicitly synchronous .El -.\"===================================================================== +Because libuv's threadpool has a fixed size, it means that if for whatever +reason any of these APIs takes a long time, other (seemingly unrelated) APIs +that run in libuv's threadpool will experience degraded performance. In order to +mitigate this issue, one potential solution is to increase the size of libuv's +threadpool by setting the \fB'UV_THREADPOOL_SIZE'\fR environment variable to a value +greater than \fB4\fR (its current default value). For more information, see the +libuv threadpool documentation. +. + +.El +. .Sh BUGS Bugs are tracked in GitHub Issues: .Sy https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues . -.\"====================================================================== .Sh COPYRIGHT Copyright Node.js contributors. Node.js is available under the MIT license. @@ -816,7 +1974,6 @@ See .Sy https://github.com/nodejs/node/blob/HEAD/LICENSE for the full license text. . -.\"====================================================================== .Sh SEE ALSO Website: .Sy https://nodejs.org/ @@ -827,4 +1984,4 @@ Documentation: . .Pp GitHub repository and issue tracker: -.Sy https://github.com/nodejs/node +.Sy https://github.com/nodejs/node \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/test/parallel/test-cli-node-options-docs.js b/test/parallel/test-cli-node-options-docs.js index ef82489d044171..b136bf20aa0254 100644 --- a/test/parallel/test-cli-node-options-docs.js +++ b/test/parallel/test-cli-node-options-docs.js @@ -1,129 +1,92 @@ 'use strict'; + const common = require('../common'); + +// Skip test if NODE_OPTIONS support is missing if (process.config.variables.node_without_node_options) common.skip('missing NODE_OPTIONS support'); -// Test options specified by env variable. - const assert = require('assert'); const fs = require('fs'); const path = require('path'); +const { test } = require('node:test'); const rootDir = path.resolve(__dirname, '..', '..'); -const cliMd = path.join(rootDir, 'doc', 'api', 'cli.md'); -const cliText = fs.readFileSync(cliMd, { encoding: 'utf8' }); - -const internalApiMd = path.join(rootDir, 'doc', 'contributing', 'internal-api.md'); -const internalApiText = fs.readFileSync(internalApiMd, { encoding: 'utf8' }); - -const nodeOptionsCC = fs.readFileSync(path.resolve(rootDir, 'src', 'node_options.cc'), 'utf8'); +const cliFilePath = path.join(rootDir, 'doc', 'api', 'cli.md'); +const internalApiFilePath = path.join(rootDir, 'doc', 'contributing', 'internal-api.md'); +const manPagePath = path.join(rootDir, 'doc', 'node.1'); +const nodeOptionsCCPath = path.join(rootDir, 'src', 'node_options.cc'); + +// Read files +const cliText = fs.readFileSync(cliFilePath, 'utf8'); +const internalApiText = fs.readFileSync(internalApiFilePath, 'utf8'); +const manPageText = fs.readFileSync(manPagePath, 'utf8'); +const nodeOptionsCC = fs.readFileSync(nodeOptionsCCPath, 'utf8'); + +// Regular Expressions const addOptionRE = /AddOption[\s\n\r]*\([\s\n\r]*"([^"]+)"(.*?)\);/gs; - const nodeOptionsText = cliText.match(/(.*)/s)[1]; const v8OptionsText = cliText.match(/(.*)/s)[1]; -const manPage = path.join(rootDir, 'doc', 'node.1'); -const manPageText = fs.readFileSync(manPage, { encoding: 'utf8' }); - -// Documented in /doc/api/deprecations.md -const deprecated = [ - '--debug', - '--debug-brk', -]; - +// Deprecated options +const deprecatedOptions = new Set(['--debug', '--debug-brk']); -const manPagesOptions = new Set(); +// Helper Functions +const optionRegEx = (envVar, depth = 3) => new RegExp(`${'#'.repeat(depth)}.*\`${envVar}[[=\\s\\b\`]`) +const isOptionDocumentedInCli = (envVar) => optionRegEx(envVar).test(cliText); +const isOptionDocumentedInInternalApi = (envVar) => optionRegEx(envVar, 4).test(internalApiText); +const isOptionDocumentedInV8 = (envVar) => optionRegEx(envVar).test(v8OptionsText); +const isOptionInNodeOptions = (envVar) => new RegExp(`\`${envVar}\``).test(nodeOptionsText); -for (const [, envVar] of manPageText.matchAll(/\.It Fl (-[a-zA-Z0-9._-]+)/g)) { - manPagesOptions.add(envVar); -} - -for (const [, envVar, config] of nodeOptionsCC.matchAll(addOptionRE)) { - let hasTrueAsDefaultValue = false; - let isInNodeOption = false; +const validateOption = (envVar, config) => { + let hasTrueAsDefault = false; + let isInNodeOptions = false; let isV8Option = false; - let isNoOp = false; - - if (config.includes('NoOp{}')) { - isNoOp = true; - } + const isNoOp = config.includes('NoOp{}'); - if (config.includes('kAllowedInEnvvar')) { - isInNodeOption = true; - } - if (config.includes('kDisallowedInEnvvar')) { - isInNodeOption = false; - } + // Check option categories + if (config.includes('kAllowedInEnvvar')) isInNodeOptions = true; + if (config.includes('V8Option{}')) isV8Option = true; + if (/^\s*true\s*$/.test(config.split(',').pop())) hasTrueAsDefault = true; - if (config.includes('V8Option{}')) { - isV8Option = true; + const manpageEntry = hasTrueAsDefault ? `-no${envVar.slice(1)}` : envVar.slice(1); + if (envVar.startsWith('[') || deprecatedOptions.has(envVar) || + isNoOp || isOptionDocumentedInInternalApi(envVar)) { + return; } - if (/^\s*true\s*$/.test(config.split(',').pop())) { - hasTrueAsDefaultValue = true; - } + const noOption = `--no${envVar.slice(1)}`; - if ( - envVar.startsWith('[') || - deprecated.includes(envVar) || - isNoOp - ) { - // assert(!manPagesOptions.has(envVar.slice(1)), `Option ${envVar} should not be documented`) - manPagesOptions.delete(envVar.slice(1)); - continue; - } - - // Internal API options are documented in /doc/contributing/internal-api.md - if (new RegExp(`####.*\`${envVar}[[=\\s\\b\`]`).test(internalApiText) === true) { - manPagesOptions.delete(envVar.slice(1)); - continue; - } - - // CLI options - if (!isV8Option && !hasTrueAsDefaultValue) { - if (new RegExp(`###.*\`${envVar}[[=\\s\\b\`]`).test(cliText) === false) { - assert(false, `Should have option ${envVar} documented`); - } else { - manPagesOptions.delete(envVar.slice(1)); + if (!isV8Option) { + if (!hasTrueAsDefault && !isOptionDocumentedInCli(envVar)) { + assert.fail(`Should have option ${envVar} documented`); } - } - - if (!hasTrueAsDefaultValue && new RegExp(`###.*\`--no${envVar.slice(1)}[[=\\s\\b\`]`).test(cliText) === true) { - assert(false, `Should not have option --no${envVar.slice(1)} documented`); - } - - if (!isV8Option && hasTrueAsDefaultValue) { - if (new RegExp(`###.*\`--no${envVar.slice(1)}[[=\\s\\b\`]`).test(cliText) === false) { - assert(false, `Should have option --no${envVar.slice(1)} documented`); - } else { - manPagesOptions.delete(`-no${envVar.slice(1)}`); + if (hasTrueAsDefault && !isOptionDocumentedInCli(noOption)) { + assert.fail(`Should have option ${noOption} documented`); } } - // NODE_OPTIONS - if (isInNodeOption && !hasTrueAsDefaultValue && new RegExp(`\`${envVar}\``).test(nodeOptionsText) === false) { - assert(false, `Should have option ${envVar} in NODE_OPTIONS documented`); + if (!hasTrueAsDefault && isOptionDocumentedInCli(noOption)) { + assert.fail(`Should not have option ${noOption} documented`); } - if (isInNodeOption && hasTrueAsDefaultValue && new RegExp(`\`--no${envVar.slice(1)}\``).test(cliText) === false) { - assert(false, `Should have option --no${envVar.slice(1)} in NODE_OPTIONS documented`); - } - - if (!hasTrueAsDefaultValue && new RegExp(`\`--no${envVar.slice(1)}\``).test(cliText) === true) { - assert(false, `Should not have option --no${envVar.slice(1)} in NODE_OPTIONS documented`); + if (isInNodeOptions) { + const nodeOption = hasTrueAsDefault ? noOption : envVar; + if (!isOptionInNodeOptions(nodeOption)) { + assert.fail(`Should have option ${nodeOption} in NODE_OPTIONS documented`); + } } - // V8 options if (isV8Option) { - if (new RegExp(`###.*\`${envVar}[[=\\s\\b\`]`).test(v8OptionsText) === false) { - assert(false, `Should have option ${envVar} in V8 options documented`); - } else { - manPagesOptions.delete(envVar.slice(1)); + if (!isOptionDocumentedInV8(envVar)) { + assert.fail(`Should have option ${envVar} in V8 options documented`); } + } else if (!isOptionDocumentedInV8(envVar)) { + assert(manPageText.includes(`Fl ${manpageEntry}`), `Should have option -${manpageEntry} in node.1`); } -} +}; -// add alias handling -manPagesOptions.delete('-trace-events-enabled'); - -assert.strictEqual(manPagesOptions.size, 0, `Man page options not documented: ${[...manPagesOptions]}`); +// Parse node options from source file +for (const [, envVar, config] of nodeOptionsCC.matchAll(addOptionRE)) { + test(envVar, () => validateOption(envVar, config)); +}