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@@ -124,10 +124,11 @@ process may not actually kill it. `kill` really just sends a signal to a proces
See `kill(2)`
-### child.send(message, [sendHandle])
+### child.send(message, [sendHandle], [options])
* `message` {Object}
* `sendHandle` {Handle object}
+* `options` {Object}
When using `child_process.fork()` you can write to the child using
`child.send(message, [sendHandle])` and messages are received by
@@ -166,6 +167,11 @@ The `sendHandle` option to `child.send()` is for sending a TCP server or
socket object to another process. The child will receive the object as its
second argument to the `message` event.
+The `options` object may have the following properties:
+
+ * `track` - Notify master process when `sendHandle` will be closed in child
+ process. (`false` by default)
+
**send server object**
Here is an example of sending a server: