globalThis.process, node:process, process, and elide:process refer to
the same object.
Common Node properties are available, including argv, execArgv, env,
arch, platform, pid, ppid, version, versions, execPath, title,
cwd(), umask(), exitCode, and exit().
console.log(process.platform, process.arch);
console.log(process.cwd());
if (process.env.CI) process.exitCode = 1;Events and scheduling
process is an EventEmitter. It supports the standard listener methods and
runtime events such as warning, beforeExit, exit, and
uncaughtException.
process.nextTick(callback, ...args) runs before Promise and
queueMicrotask callbacks at the next checkpoint:
const order = [];
process.nextTick(() => order.push("tick"));
Promise.resolve().then(() => order.push("promise"));
queueMicrotask(() => order.push("microtask"));
setImmediate(() => console.log(order));
// ["tick", "promise", "microtask"]Standard streams
stdin, stdout, and stderr are Node streams. stdout and stderr expose
their file descriptor through fd; terminal streams also expose TTY fields.
Console output is routed through these streams, so replacing
process.stdout.write intercepts console.log output.
Environment
process.env exposes the visible environment as a mutable object. See
Environment Variables for Elide 1.5.0 loading, mutation, and
subprocess behavior.
Partial metrics
hrtime(), cpuUsage(), memoryUsage(), and uptime() are callable. In
Elide 1.5.0, cpuUsage() and memoryUsage() return empty objects, so do not
rely on Node’s detailed metric fields. process.send and
process.disconnect are unavailable outside a working fork IPC channel.