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12 <h1><a href="../api/npm-restart.html">npm-restart</a></h1> <p>Start a package</p>
13 <h2 id="synopsis">SYNOPSIS</h2>
14 <pre><code>npm.commands.restart(packages, callback)
15 </code></pre><h2 id="description">DESCRIPTION</h2>
16 <p>This runs a package's "restart" script, if one was provided.
17 Otherwise it runs package's "stop" script, if one was provided, and then
18 the "start" script.</p>
19 <p>If no version is specified, then it restarts the "active" version.</p>
20 <p>npm can run tests on multiple packages. Just specify multiple packages
21 in the <code>packages</code> parameter.</p>
22 <h2 id="see-also">SEE ALSO</h2>
24 <li><a href="../api/npm-start.html">npm-start(3)</a></li>
25 <li><a href="../api/npm-stop.html">npm-stop(3)</a></li>
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39 <p id="footer">npm-restart — npm@1.4.14</p>