.TH "NPM\-RESTART" "1" "undefined NaN" "" ""
.SH "NAME"
\fBnpm-restart\fR \- Restart a package
.SS Synopsis
.P
.RS 2
.nf
npm restart [\-\- <args>]
.fi
.RE
.SS Description
.P
This restarts a project\.  It is equivalent to running \fBnpm run\-script
restart\fP\|\.
.P
If the current project has a \fB"restart"\fP script specified in
\fBpackage\.json\fP, then the following scripts will be run:
.RS 0
.IP 1. 3
prerestart
.IP 2. 3
restart
.IP 3. 3
postrestart

.RE
.P
If it does \fInot\fR have a \fB"restart"\fP script specified, but it does have
\fBstop\fP and/or \fBstart\fP scripts, then the following scripts will be run:
.RS 0
.IP 1. 3
prerestart
.IP 2. 3
prestop
.IP 3. 3
stop
.IP 4. 3
poststop
.IP 5. 3
prestart
.IP 6. 3
start
.IP 7. 3
poststart
.IP 8. 3
postrestart

.RE
.SS Configuration
.SS \fBignore\-scripts\fP
.RS 0
.IP \(bu 2
Default: false
.IP \(bu 2
Type: Boolean

.RE
.P
If true, npm does not run scripts specified in package\.json files\.
.P
Note that commands explicitly intended to run a particular script, such as
\fBnpm start\fP, \fBnpm stop\fP, \fBnpm restart\fP, \fBnpm test\fP, and \fBnpm run\-script\fP
will still run their intended script if \fBignore\-scripts\fP is set, but they
will \fInot\fR run any pre\- or post\-scripts\.
.SS \fBscript\-shell\fP
.RS 0
.IP \(bu 2
Default: '/bin/sh' on POSIX systems, 'cmd\.exe' on Windows
.IP \(bu 2
Type: null or String

.RE
.P
The shell to use for scripts run with the \fBnpm exec\fP, \fBnpm run\fP and \fBnpm
init <pkg>\fP commands\.
.SS See Also
.RS 0
.IP \(bu 2
npm help run\-script
.IP \(bu 2
npm help scripts
.IP \(bu 2
npm help test
.IP \(bu 2
npm help start
.IP \(bu 2
npm help stop
.IP \(bu 2
npm help restart

.RE