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Command cli: '"file" argument must be a non-empty string'

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Hi: When I run markdown-pdf -o test.pdf test.md Give me this error:

(node:7924) MaxListenersExceededWarning: Possible EventEmitter memory leak detected. 2 end listeners added. Use emitter.setMaxListeners() to increase limit
child_process.js:383
    throw new TypeError('"file" argument must be a non-empty string');
    ^

TypeError: "file" argument must be a non-empty string
    at normalizeSpawnArguments (child_process.js:383:11)
    at exports.spawn (child_process.js:496:38)
    at Object.exports.execFile (child_process.js:212:15)
    at WriteStream.<anonymous> (/usr/lib/node_modules/markdown-pdf/index.js:117:22)
    at emitNone (events.js:111:20)
    at WriteStream.emit (events.js:208:7)
    at finishMaybe (_stream_writable.js:614:14)
    at afterWrite (_stream_writable.js:465:3)
    at onwrite (_stream_writable.js:455:7)
    at fs.write (fs.js:2192:5)

I tried the inverse form: markdown-pdf -o test.md test.pdf but:

events.js:183
      throw er; // Unhandled 'error' event
      ^

Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, open 'prueba.pdf'

Thanks for advanced.

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gtheraudcommented, Jun 13, 2019

With node v8.16.0, i got the same issue. I guess it’s related to https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/19235

It happens if opts.phantomPath is undefined. I runned npm install -g phantomjs-prebuild and used the --phantom-path parameter and it fixed the issue.

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atempelcommented, Nov 23, 2020

With node v8.16.0, i got the same issue. I guess it’s related to nodejs/node#19235

It happens if opts.phantomPath is undefined. I runned npm install -g phantomjs-prebuild and used the --phantom-path parameter and it fixed the issue.

Just a correction, the package name I found was phantomjs-prebuilt making the line npm install -g phantomjs-prebuilt

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