node-supervisor (1) Linux Manual Page

It can also be used to restart programs when a *.js file changes.

 supervisor [options] <program>

 supervisor [options] — <program> [args …]

 <program>

 The program to run.

 -w|–watch <watchItems>

 A comma-delimited list of folders or js files to watch for changes.

 When a change to a js file occurs, reload the program

 Default is ‘.’

-i|–ignore <ignoreItems>

 A comma-delimited list of folders to ignore for changes.

 No default

-p|–poll-interval <milliseconds>

 How often to poll watched files for changes.

 Defaults to Node default.

-e|–extensions <extensions>

 Specific file extensions to watch in addition to defaults.

 Used when –watch option includes folders

 Default is ‘node,js’

-x|–exec <executable>

 The executable that runs the specified program.

 Default is ‘node’

–debug

 Start node with –debug flag.

–debug-brk[=port]

 Start node with –debug-brk[=port] flag.

–harmony

 Start node with –harmony flag.

-n|–no-restart-on error|exit

 Don’t automatically restart the supervised program if it ends.

 Supervisor will wait for a change in the source files.

 If "error", an exit code of 0 will still restart.

 If "exit", no restart regardless of exit code.

–force-watch

 Use fs.watch instead of fs.watchFile.

 This may be useful if you see a high cpu load on a windows machine.

-h|–help|-?

 Display these usage instructions.

-q|–quiet

 Suppress DEBUG messages

-V|–verbose

 Show extra DEBUG messages

 supervisor myapp.js

 supervisor myapp.coffee

 supervisor -w scripts -e myext -x myrunner myapp

 supervisor — server.js -h host -p port