[API reference](https://evolu.dev/docs/api-reference) › [@evolu/nodejs](https://evolu.dev/docs/api-reference/nodejs) › spawn

```ts
const spawn: Spawn;
```

Defined in: [packages/nodejs/src/Cli.ts:38](https://github.com/evoluhq/evolu/blob/59dabb7c56c68040b30d3919013adeb2b40bad10/packages/nodejs/src/Cli.ts#L38)

Runs a command with inherited stdio and aborts it with the current Run.

A zero exit code succeeds. A start failure, non-zero exit code, or signal
exit returns [SpawnError](https://evolu.dev/docs/api-reference/nodejs/interfaces/SpawnError).