node.js - Bash script bin'd with NPM does NOT symlink to the project folder

Question

I'm trying to add a global cli command that will run my node package with PM2

Here's the barebone setup:

Package.json

"bin": {
    "clockin": "bin/start.sh"
},
"scripts": {
    "start": "pm2 start index.js"
}

bin/start.sh

#!/bin/bash
npm run start

Then inside the package folder, I run

npm link

This adds clockin as a global executable, and it does run start.sh, but it links it to whichever directory I run the command from, instead of symlinking to the package folder.

If I run clockin in my username folder, instead of navigating to the package folder, I get an error saying no such file or directory, open '/Users/myusername/package.json'

Why is it not symlinking? I thought all bin commands installed through npm symlink to the package by default.

question from:https://stackoverflow.com/questions/65894117/bash-script-bind-with-npm-does-not-symlink-to-the-project-folder

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