electron/docs/api/process.md
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process

The process object in Electron has the following differences from the one in upstream node:

  • process.type String - Process's type, can be browser (i.e. main process) or renderer.
  • process.versions['electron'] String - Version of Electron.
  • process.versions['chrome'] String - Version of Chromium.
  • process.resourcesPath String - Path to JavaScript source code.

Methods

The process object has the following method:

process.hang

Causes the main thread of the current process hang.

process.setFdLimit(maxDescriptors) OS X Linux

  • maxDescriptors Integer

Sets the file descriptor soft limit to maxDescriptors or the OS hard limit, whichever is lower for the current process.