Question

I want to write a console application using “go” that will transfer control to another console application.

Here are the steps:

1. run binary app which validates and installs a few things if necessary
2. binary app constructs a command string with options
3. binary app starts process B and exits (a node.js app in my case)
4. Process B runs to completion and sends output to the same console.

The ONLY step I need is the ability to start a new process and exit, so that is the question here.

Answer 1

See Golang fork process. In short, there are issues with doing this directly. You should instead use a non-Go program to start your node.js app.