NPM + 'DEBUG' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file

Question

DEBUG=knex* nodemon server.js

leads to an error as follows:

'DEBUG' is not recognized as an internal or external command,operable program or batch file.

npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE

npm ERR! errno 1

npm ERR! [email protected] start: DEBUG=knex* nodemon server.js

npm ERR! Exit status 1

npm ERR!

npm ERR! Failed at the [email protected] start script.

npm ERR! This is probably not a problem with npm. There is likely additional logging output above.

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:

Any help is appreciated.

Answer 1

Not familiar with that but a Google search revealed this. Uncertain if it is the same thing.

The legacy debugger has been deprecated as of Node 7.7.0. Please use --inspect and Inspector instead.

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