Function putPidInDebugMode

valdi/vscode_debugger/src/ui/processPicker.ts:198–220

(pid: number)

}

function putPidInDebugMode(pid: number): void {
  try {
    if (process.platform === 'win32') {
      // regular node has an undocumented API function for forcing another node process into debug mode.
      // 		(<any>process)._debugProcess(pid);
      // But since we are running on Electron's node, process._debugProcess doesn't work (for unknown reasons).
      // So we use a regular node instead:
      const command = `node -e process._debugProcess(${pid})`;
      execSync(command);
    } else {
      process.kill(pid, 'SIGUSR1');
    }
  } catch (e) {
    throw new Error(
      localize(
        'cannot.enable.debug.mode.error',
        "Attach to process: cannot enable debug mode for process '{0}' ({1}).",
        pid,
        e,
      ),
    );
  }
}