I can't run test with "vows test/*" command on windows. How to use it? node.js

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I've installed vows as module of my project and I've added the path "node_modules\vows\bin" to my environment path variable of windows vista.

note: I've also renamed "node_modules\vows\bin\vows" to vows.exe, because without the extension I get this error: 'vows' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.

Now wherever I put "vows" in my cmd in windows nothing happens, I cd into my test folder and I run "vows myFirstTest.js" and nothing happens. (when I say nothing happens my cursor in cmd is going to the top and then return to it's original position and it's doing this forever, therefore each time I try a vows command in cmd I have to close the cmd to run another command).

What I'm doing bad?

thanks

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I think you should install vows globally npm install -g vows instead of modifying the PATH var yourself. – alessioalex
what the ...? that worked!!. Thanks, put it in an answer and I will accept it ;) – Totty.js
but the "vows test/*" doesnt work now. I get this error: module.js:337 throw new Error("Cannot find module '" + request + "'"); but If I run it individually "vows mytest.js" it works as expected. – Totty.js
if I go to my root folder and I run "vows" it says "Could not find any tests to run.". If I go into my "test" folder and run "vows" says: "vows runner couldn't find test folder vows runner exiting". If in my "test" folder I run "vows insertWorker.js" it runs one test. what's the problem? – Totty.js
solved: github.com/cloudhead/vows/issues/57; my test files were missing the -test in their filename. A filename like "mytest.js" doesn't work. It must be "mytest-test.js" in order to work. – Totty.js

1 Answers

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NPM is great at globally installing packages and making the executable for each operating system (UNIX-ish + Windows), so proceed with the following:

npm install -g vows