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NS.spawn() method

Terminate current script and start another in a defined number of milliseconds.

Signature:

spawn(script: string, threadOrOptions?: number | SpawnOptions, ...args: ScriptArg[]): void;

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
script	string	Filename of script to execute.
threadOrOptions	number | SpawnOptions	(Optional) Either an integer number of threads for new script, or a SpawnOptions object. Threads defaults to 1 and spawnDelay defaults to 10,000 ms.
args	ScriptArg[]	Additional arguments to pass into the new script that is being run.

Returns:

void

Remarks

RAM cost: 2 GB

Terminates the current script, and then after a defined delay it will execute the newly-specified script. The purpose of this function is to execute a new script without being constrained by the RAM usage of the current one. This function can only be used to run scripts on the local server.

Because this function immediately terminates the script, it does not have a return value.

Running this function with 0 or fewer threads will cause a runtime error.

Example

//The following example will execute the script ‘foo.js’ with 10 threads, in 500 milliseconds and the arguments ‘foodnstuff’ and 90:
ns.spawn("foo.js", {threads: 10, spawnDelay: 500}, "foodnstuff", 90);