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+function startNode (nodeExec, dataDir, genesisPath, listeningPort) 
+{
+  var spawn = require('child_process').spawn
+  var options = [
+    '--private', 'privatechain',
+    '-d', dataDir,
+    '--config', genesisPath,
+    '--ipcpath', dataDir + '/geth.ipc',
+    '--ipc',
+    '--listen', listeningPort,
+    '--test'
+  ]
+  console.log('starting node')
+  console.log(nodeExec + ' ' + options.join(' '))
+  var node = spawn(nodeExec, options)
+  node.stdout.on('data', (data) => {
+    console.log(`stdout: ${data}`)
+  })
+  node.stderr.on('data', (data) => {
+    console.log(`stderr: ${data}`)
+  })
+  node.on('close', (code) => {
+    console.log(`child process exited with code ${code}`)
+  })
+}
+
+module.exports = startNode