Merge pull request #922 from camflint/FixBuildAndTestTasksOnWindows

Fix build and test tasks on Windows

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/Cakefile b/Cakefile
index bae79009..0fa75e24 100644
--- a/Cakefile
+++ b/Cakefile
@@ -1,8 +1,14 @@
+util = require "util"
 fs = require "fs"
 path = require "path"
 child_process = require "child_process"
 
 spawn = (procName, optArray, silent=false) ->
+  if process.platform is "win32"
+    # if win32, prefix arguments with "/c {original command}"
+    # e.g. "coffee -c c:\git\vimium" becomes "cmd.exe /c coffee -c c:\git\vimium"
+    optArray.unshift "/c", procName
+    procName = "cmd.exe"
   proc = child_process.spawn procName, optArray
   unless silent
     proc.stdout.on 'data', (data) -> process.stdout.write data