Make the avrdude binaries accessible after packaging

main.js

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 const { app, BrowserWindow, ipcMain } = require('electron')
 const {download} = require('electron-dl')
 const {spawn} = require('child_process');
+const {execFile} = require('child_process');
 
 // Keep a global reference of the window object, if you don't, the window will
 // be closed automatically when the JavaScript object is garbage collected.
@@ -59,7 +60,8 @@ ipcMain.on('uploadFW', (e, args) => {
   else if(process.platform == "darwin") { platform = "avrdude-darwin-x86"; }
   else if(process.platform == "linux") { platform = "avrdude-linux_i686"; }
 
-  var executableName = "./bin/" + platform + "/avrdude";
+  var executableName = __dirname + "/bin/" + platform + "/avrdude";
+  executableName = executableName.replace('app.asar',''); //This is important for allowing the binary to be found once the app is packaed into an asar
   var configName = executableName + ".conf";
   if(process.platform == "win32") { executableName = executableName + '.exe'; } //This must come after the configName line above
 
@@ -77,7 +79,9 @@ ipcMain.on('uploadFW', (e, args) => {
   });
   */
 
-  const child = spawn(executableName, execArgs);
+  console.log(executableName);
+  //const child = spawn(executableName, execArgs);
+  const child = execFile(executableName, execArgs);
 
   child.stdout.on('data', (data) => {
     console.log(`child stdout:\n${data}`);
@@ -89,6 +93,7 @@ ipcMain.on('uploadFW', (e, args) => {
 
   child.on('error', (err) => {
     console.log('Failed to start subprocess.');
+    console.log(err);
   });
 
   child.on('close', (code) => {

package-lock.json

@@ -699,6 +699,11 @@
         "sumchecker": "^2.0.2"
       }
     },
+    "electron-is-running-in-asar": {
+      "version": "1.0.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/electron-is-running-in-asar/-/electron-is-running-in-asar-1.0.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha1-9ufRapejP+R99S4/lUazcBfx+so="
+    },
     "electron-notarize": {
       "version": "0.0.5",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/electron-notarize/-/electron-notarize-0.0.5.tgz",

package.json

@@ -34,8 +34,29 @@
   },
   "build": {
     "appId": "Test",
-    "buildDependenciesFromSource": true,
-    "npmRebuild": true,
+    "buildDependenciesFromSource": false,
+    "npmRebuild": false,
+    "files" :
+    [
+      "**/*",
+      "!**/node_modules/*/{CHANGELOG.md,README.md,README,readme.md,readme}",
+      "!**/node_modules/*/{test,__tests__,tests,powered-test,example,examples}",
+      "!**/node_modules/*.d.ts",
+      "!**/node_modules/.bin",
+      "!**/*.{iml,o,hprof,orig,pyc,pyo,rbc,swp,csproj,sln,xproj}",
+      "!.editorconfig",
+      "!**/._*",
+      "!**/{.DS_Store,.git,.hg,.svn,CVS,RCS,SCCS,.gitignore,.gitattributes}",
+      "!**/{__pycache__,thumbs.db,.flowconfig,.idea,.vs,.nyc_output}",
+      "!**/{appveyor.yml,.travis.yml,circle.yml}",
+      "!**/{npm-debug.log,yarn.lock,.yarn-integrity,.yarn-metadata.json}",
+      "!**/release-builds/*",
+      "bin"
+    ],
+    "extraResources":
+    [
+      "bin"
+    ],
     "win": {
       "icon": "assets/icons/win/icon.ico",
       "target": [