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diff --git a/doc/api/child_process.md b/doc/api/child_process.md index e32568cd78..cdfdab1a98 100644 --- a/doc/api/child_process.md +++ b/doc/api/child_process.md @@ -147,8 +147,9 @@ changes: `'/bin/sh'` on UNIX, `process.env.ComSpec` on Windows. * `timeout` {number} **Default:** `0` * `maxBuffer` {number} Largest amount of data in bytes allowed on stdout or - stderr. If exceeded, the child process is terminated. See caveat at - [`maxBuffer` and Unicode][]. **Default:** `200 * 1024`. + stderr. If exceeded, the child process is terminated and any output is + truncated. See caveat at [`maxBuffer` and Unicode][]. + **Default:** `200 * 1024`. * `killSignal` {string|integer} **Default:** `'SIGTERM'` * `uid` {number} Sets the user identity of the process (see setuid(2)). * `gid` {number} Sets the group identity of the process (see setgid(2)). @@ -245,8 +246,9 @@ changes: * `encoding` {string} **Default:** `'utf8'` * `timeout` {number} **Default:** `0` * `maxBuffer` {number} Largest amount of data in bytes allowed on stdout or - stderr. If exceeded, the child process is terminated. See caveat at - [`maxBuffer` and Unicode][]. **Default:** `200 * 1024`. + stderr. If exceeded, the child process is terminated and any output is + truncated. See caveat at [`maxBuffer` and Unicode][]. + **Default:** `200 * 1024`. * `killSignal` {string|integer} **Default:** `'SIGTERM'` * `uid` {number} Sets the user identity of the process (see setuid(2)). * `gid` {number} Sets the group identity of the process (see setgid(2)). @@ -779,8 +781,9 @@ changes: * `killSignal` {string|integer} The signal value to be used when the spawned process will be killed. **Default:** `'SIGTERM'`. * `maxBuffer` {number} Largest amount of data in bytes allowed on stdout or - stderr. If exceeded, the child process is terminated. See caveat at - [`maxBuffer` and Unicode][]. **Default:** `200 * 1024`. + stderr. If exceeded, the child process is terminated and any output is + truncated. See caveat at [`maxBuffer` and Unicode][]. + **Default:** `200 * 1024`. * `encoding` {string} The encoding used for all stdio inputs and outputs. **Default:** `'buffer'`. * `windowsHide` {boolean} Hide the subprocess console window that would @@ -842,8 +845,9 @@ changes: * `killSignal` {string|integer} The signal value to be used when the spawned process will be killed. **Default:** `'SIGTERM'`. * `maxBuffer` {number} Largest amount of data in bytes allowed on stdout or - stderr. If exceeded, the child process is terminated. See caveat at - [`maxBuffer` and Unicode][]. **Default:** `200 * 1024`. + stderr. If exceeded, the child process is terminated and any output is + truncated. See caveat at [`maxBuffer` and Unicode][]. + **Default:** `200 * 1024`. * `encoding` {string} The encoding used for all stdio inputs and outputs. **Default:** `'buffer'`. * `shell` {boolean|string} If `true`, runs `command` inside of a shell. Uses |