no error in grunt, but server doesnt run

[Devric]

I'm testing this task with grunt nodemon -v

the output for nodemon

Running "nodemon:script" (nodemon) task
Verifying property nodemon.script exists in config...OK
Files: app.js -> script
Options: (none)

but the server doesn't come up, it just go back to bash, it works normally if i just run nodemon not from grunt.

i've tried different Gruntfile configs, starting from the minimal config from sample

nodemon: {
  dev: {
    script: 'index.js'
  }
}

[ChrisWren]

Can you show me the exact Gruntfile.js and terminal output after running grunt nodemon?

[Devric]

app.js is the express server file, port 3000

minimal gruntfile just to test

/*global module:false*/
module.exports = function(grunt) {

  // Project configuration.
  grunt.initConfig({
    concurrent : {
        run : ['nodemon', 'watch']
    }
  , nodemon : {
        script : 'app.js'
    }
  , watch: {
      options : {
        livereload : true
      }
    , sciprts : {
        files : ['routes/**/*.js']
      }
    , css : {
        files : 'public/stylesheets/**/*.css'
      }
    }
  });

  grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-contrib-watch');
  grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-concurrent');
  grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-nodemon');

  // Default task.
  grunt.registerTask('default', ['concurrent:run']);

};

terminal output

(~ O_o)> grunt nodemon -v
Initializing
Command-line options: --verbose

Reading "Gruntfile.js" Gruntfile...OK

Registering Gruntfile tasks.
Initializing config...OK

Registering "grunt-contrib-watch" local Npm module tasks.
Reading /Users/Devric/Sites/test/grunthub/a/node_modules/grunt-contrib-watch/package.json...OK
Parsing /Users/Devric/Sites/test/grunthub/a/node_modules/grunt-contrib-watch/package.json...OK
Loading "watch.js" tasks...OK
+ watch

Registering "grunt-concurrent" local Npm module tasks.
Reading /Users/Devric/Sites/test/grunthub/a/node_modules/grunt-concurrent/package.json...OK
Parsing /Users/Devric/Sites/test/grunthub/a/node_modules/grunt-concurrent/package.json...OK
Loading "concurrent.js" tasks...OK
+ concurrent

Registering "grunt-nodemon" local Npm module tasks.
Reading /Users/Devric/Sites/test/grunthub/a/node_modules/grunt-nodemon/package.json...OK
Parsing /Users/Devric/Sites/test/grunthub/a/node_modules/grunt-nodemon/package.json...OK
Loading "nodemon.js" tasks...OK
+ nodemon
Loading "Gruntfile.js" tasks...OK
+ default

Running tasks: nodemon

Running "nodemon" task

Running "nodemon:script" (nodemon) task
Verifying property nodemon.script exists in config...OK
Files: app.js -> script
Options: (none)

[ChrisWren]

ah, so you need to change your nodemon config to have a target (such as dev) like so:

nodemon: {
  dev: {
    script: 'app.js'
  }
}

it is currently treating script as a files object as seen with this output:

Files: app.js -> script

You should then be able to run grunt nodemon:dev. Let me know if this works.

[Devric]

hm, its working! :+1: