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Fix the $PATH on macOS when run from a GUI app. Useful when spawning a child process.

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fix-path

Fix the $PATH on macOS and Linux when run from a GUI app

Useful for Electron apps as GUI apps on macOS and Linux do not inherit the $PATH defined in your dotfiles (.bashrc/.bash_profile/.zshrc/etc).

Install

npm install fix-path

Usage

import fixPath from 'fix-path';

console.log(process.env.PATH);
//=> '/usr/bin'

fixPath();

console.log(process.env.PATH);
//=> '/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin'

Known issues

  • Packaged Electron apps launched from Finder may not quit properly. This is an Electron bug where child processes spawned during startup are not cleaned up correctly in that context.

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